First-best debt relief

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Journal Article
Citation:
Economics Letters, 2004, 82 (3), pp. 301 - 306
Issue Date:
2004-03-01
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The rationale for debt relief (J. Dev. Econ. 29 (1988) 253) is second best. In a first-best ontract, a debtor who clears a (partly forgiven) debt receives an additional payment from the creditor, called a hyper-incentive . © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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