20世纪80年代的债务危机期间，普林斯顿大学经济学家彼得·B·凯南(Peter B．Kenen)主张建立一个政府发起的国际债务折价公司(International Debt Discount Corporation，IDDC)，它可以发行自己的长期债券，来交换银行对发展中国家的债权。IDDC可能怎样帮助发展中国家减免债务呢，它会产生什么问题?(对这些问题以及相关问题的专题论文集，参见《经济展望》杂志(Journal of Economic Perspectives)Winter，1990)。
During the 1980s debt crises，economist Peter B．Kenen of Princeton University suggested the creation of a government-sponsored International Debt Discount Corporation(IDDC)that would issue its own long-term bonds to banks in exchange for their loans to developing countries．How might an IDCC have facilitated debt relief for developing countries? What problems can you see in operating such a facility? (For a symposium on these and related questions，see the Winter 1990 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives．)