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International Finance Discussion Papers: Uncovering Country Risk in Emerging Market Bond Prices

International Finance Discussion Papers: Uncovering Country Risk in Emerging Market Bond Prices

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1288732600
ISBN13: 9781288732609
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Feb 8 2013
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.08 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
We investigate the role of country risk in determining the default risk of firms in emerging markets. In particular, we study the relationship between the secondary market spreads (over hard-currency government bond yields) of bonds issued by emerging market firms and bonds issued by their home governments over the past 3 1/2 years. Our results indicate that market participants do not strictly apply the sovereign ceiling, under which no firm is more creditworthy than its government. We do find that the spreads of emerging market corporate and government bonds over hard-currency government bonds are highly correlated. The correlation is higher for some industries than for others, and we find no evidence that banks face greater country risk.

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