Local Currency Sovereign Risk
We introduce a new measure of sovereign credit risk, the local currency credit spread, defined as the spread of local currency bonds over the synthetic local currency risk-free rate constructed using cross currency swaps. We find that local currency credit spreads are positive and sizable. Compared with credit spreads on foreign currency denominated debt, local currency credit spreads have lower means, lower cross-country correlations, and are less sensitive to global risk factors. We consider how cash flow, liquidity and global risk aversion factors explain the credit spread differentials.
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2014-01
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Authors: | Du, Wenxin ; Schreger, Jesse |
Institutions: | Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University |
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