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How Does Financial Globalization Affect Risk Sharing? : Patterns and Channels
Terrones, Marco - 2007
In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international … outcomes during the recent period of globalization. Developing countries have, by and large, been shut out of this benefit. The … why emerging markets have not been able to realize this presumed benefit of financial globalization. In particular, our …
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Default premium
Catão, Luis; Mano, Rui C. - 2015
We re-assess the view that sovereigns with a history of default are charged only a small and/or short-lived premium on the interest rate warranted by observed fundamentals. Our reassessment uses a metric of such a 'default premium' (DP) that is consistent with asymmetric information models and...
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Capital markets, COVID-19 and policy measures
ElFayoumi, Khalid; Hengge, Martina - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses triggered a historically large wave of capital reallocation between markets and asset classes. Using high-frequency country-level data, this paper examines if and how the number of COVID cases, the stringency of the lockdown, and the fiscal...
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The long-run impact of sovereign yields on corporate yields in emerging markets
Li, Delong; Magud, Nicolas; Werner, Alejandro M.; … - 2021
We analyze the long-run impact of emerging-market sovereign bond yields on corporate bond yields, finding that the average pass-through is around one. The pass-through is larger in countries with greater sovereign risks and where sovereign bonds are more liquid. It is also greater for corporate...
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Do multi-sector bond funds pose risks to emerging markets?
Cortes, Fabio; Sanfilippo, Luca - 2020
Emerging economies in the post-crisis period increasingly saw portfolio debt inflows from a type of large international investment fund: Multi-Sector Bond Funds (MSBFs). These investors have lacked adequate representation in the literature. This paper constructs a new detailed database from...
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Long-term returns in distressed sovereign bond markets : how did investors fare?
Andritzky, Jochen; Schumacher, Julian - 2019
Sovereign debt restructurings are perceived as inflicting large losses to bondholders. However, many bonds feature high coupons and often exhibit strong post-crisis recoveries. To account for these aspects, we analyze the long-term returns of sovereign bonds during 32 crises since 1998, taking...
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The rewards of fiscal consolidation : sovereign spreads and confidence effects
David, Antonio C.; Guajardo, Jaime; Yépez, Juan F. - 2019
This paper investigates the effects of fiscal consolidation announcements on sovereign spreads in a panel of 21 emerging market economies during 2000-18. We construct a novel dataset using a global news database to identify the precise announcement date of fiscal consolidation actions. Our...
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The nonlinear relationship between public debt and sovereign credit ratings
Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij; Ricci, Luca Antonio - 2019
This study investigates the nonlinear relationship between public debt and sovereign credit ratings, using a wide sample of over one hundred advanced, emerging, and developing economies. It finds that: i) higher public debt lowers the probability of being placed in a higher rating category; ii)...
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Sovereign asset and liability management in emerging market countries : the case of Uruguay
Amante, André; Anderson, Phillip; Thordur Jonasson; … - 2019
This paper provides an overview of the strategic and operational issues as well as institutional challenges, related to the implementation of the Sovereign Asset and Liability Management (SALM) approach. Application of an SALM framework allows the authorities to identify and monitor sovereign...
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Sovereign Credit Ratings and Spreads in Emerging Markets : Does Investment Grade Matter?
Jaramillo, Laura - 2011
Sovereign investment grade status is often associated with lower spreads in international markets. Using a panel framework for 35 emerging markets between 1997 and 2010, thispaper finds that investment grade status reduces spreads by 36 percent, above and beyond what is implied by macroeconomic...
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