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Photos   Click here to see photos of our events   Studies 11/09 The Continuing Cost of Argentina's Debt Default and Restructuring For Bondholders, Taxpayers, and Investors In the United States and Worldwide The update to Dr. Shapiro’s previous study examines the impact of Argentine debt through December 2008. The analysis finds that Argentina continues to owe U.S. lenders $3.8 billion. The continuing costs of Argentine debt have also resulted in nearly $2 billion owed to New York bondholders, taxpayers and investors alone. 10/08 Argentina's 2001 Debt Default and 2005 Debt Restructuring: An Update on the Costs to Bondholders, Taxpayers, and Investors The new analysis finds that from December 2001 to December 2007, the default and restructuring have cost U.S. lenders, investors and taxpayers $20.3 billion. The costs to lenders, investors and taxpayers worldwide total $155 billion. 10/2006 Discredited: The Impact of Argentina's Sovereign Debt Default and Debt Restructuring on US Taxpayers and Investors by Robert Shapiro and Nam Pham "...The Argentine default and restructuring cost its worldwide lenders some $74 billion and also generated additional indirect costs for taxpayers and shareholders around the world of more than $63 billion..." 09/2006 Sovereign Debt Default: Cry for the United States, Not Argentina A report by Harvard Law School Professor Hal S. Scott for the Washington Legal Foundation Ad Creatives Wall Street Journal Ad Wall Street Journal Ad ATFA Postcard Blog Ad 04/2006 Roll Call Ad 09/22/08 Wall Street Journal 09/24/08 Wall Street Journal Ad 04/16/08 Roll Call Ad 03/11/08 Wall Street Journal Print Ad 9/26/2007 Roll Call Print Ad 07/11/2007 Wall Street Journal Print Ad 04/11/2007	Multimedia 10/17/11 Robert Shapiro, NPR’s All Things Considered Radio Interview Radio Interview 04/03/08 "U.S. Constituents Urge Repayment" 12/14/07 U.S. Criticizes Argentina's Presidential Election National Public Radio 09/10/07 "Repudiated Debt and The Paris Club" Transcript: English | Español 07/17/07 "Nestor Precedent" Transcript: English | Español 7/11/07 Robert Shapiro, Clarin's iEco Radio Interview 06/11/07 "Americas Competitiveness Forum" Transcript: English | Español 04/24/07 "First German Bondholders' Society (IGA) in Frankfurt on April 24, 2007." (Part I) 04/24/07 "First German Bondholders' Society (IGA) in Frankfurt on April 24, 2007."(Part II) 04/24/07 "First German Bondholders' Society (IGA) in Frankfurt on April 24, 2007." (Part III) 11/08/06 Robert Shapiro Bloomberg on the Markets International 11/8/06 Robert Shapiro, Bloomberg on the Markets, International Television Clip
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