Sovereign Debt and International Financial Control

1 Introduction2 Governing Sovereign Debt: Defaults And Enforcement, 1870-1914 2.1 Origins Of Defaults: Financial And Monetary Constraints 2.2 Costs Of Defaults: Enforcement And Conditionality 2.2.1 Direct Sanctions And Preventing Access To Future Credit 2.2.2 Protective Clauses And Bondholder Committees 2.2.3 Assignment And Control Of Future Revenues 2.3 Summary And Conclusions 3 From Financial Control To Colonisation: Egypt, 1862-19143.1 Khedives As Borrowers: Crisis, Default And Punishment 3.2 The Loss Of Political Sovereignty And Imperial Rivalry 3.3 Summary And Conclusions4 From ''Financial Barbarism'' To Cooperation: The Ottoman Empire, 1854-19144.1 Lending To The Sick Man Of Bond Markets4.2 The Loss Of Fiscal Sovereignty And Cooperation4.3 Summary And Conclusions5 From Fiscal Control To Financial Supervision: Serbia, 1878-19145.1 A Newborn State Surrounded By Foreign Creditors5.2 Financial Control In A ''Land Of Monopolies''5.3 Summary And Conclusions6 From Financial Supervision To Political Resistance: Greece, 1879-19146.1 Financial Isolation And Settlement: A History Of Defaults6.2 Refining The Control And ''Mistrust'' To Creditors6.3 Summary And Conclusions7 International Financial Control And Sovereign Risk7.1 Determinants Of Sovereign Risk Before 1914: A Critical Review7.2 Measuring Sovereign Risk: Sources And Methodology7.3 Structural Breaks In Spread: The Bai-Perron Test7.4 Summary And Conclusions8 Debt, Default And Resistance: Political Economy Of Ifcs8.1 Fiscal Capacity, Political Regimes And Tax Systems: A Review8.1.1 Taxation Vs Representation8.1.2 Direct Vs Indirect Taxes8.1.3 Political Regime Type And Public Debt8.1.4 Foreign Rule: Resistance Vs Cooperation8.1.5 Conclusion8.2 Varying Degrees Of Success And The Extent Of Control8.3 Political Institutions And Tax Systems In The Middle East And The Balkans8.4 Summary And Conclusions9 Conclusion Bibliography Data Appendix