aspects to financial volatility as it relates to the risk and returns associated with agricultural production. However, as the … characteristics of agricultural markets may be different from financial markets, the results arising from empirical risk analysis need … statistical adequacy of the estimated volatility models. The empirical results have significant implications for risk management …

The country risk literature argues that country risk ratings have a direct impact on the cost of borrowings as they … reflect the probability of debt default by a country. An improvement in country risk ratings, or country creditworthiness … analyse country risk ratings data, much like financial data, in terms of the time series patterns, as such an analysis would …