A Tokenized Sovereign Debt Conversion Mechanism for Dynamic Public Debt Reduction
Abstract
In this paper, we present the Tokenized Sovereign Debt Conversion Mechanism (TSDCM), a smart-contracted instrument that, upon meeting both debt-to-GDP and GDP-growth thresholds, automates the retirement of sovereign debt. TSDCM initiates the conversion of a portion of outstanding bonds into performance-linked tokens by integrating a two-state regime-switching jump-diffusion framework into decentralized protocols. We prove finite-time activation and expected debt reduction through new propositions, establish the existence and uniqueness of the underlying stochastic processes, and introduce a main theorem that ensures a strict decline in expected debt levels. With significant tail-risk mitigation, calibration using IMF data and MATLAB Monte Carlo simulations shows a 20–25\% decrease in expected debt-to-GDP ratios over a ten-year period. A transparent and incentive-aligned route to sustainable sovereign debt management is provided by TSDCM.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Statistics Optimization & Information Computing
- Publisher
- International Academic Press
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 389–402
- Publication date
- 7 April 2026
- Language
- EN