Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Two Centuries of Country Risk, 1816–2016 -- Chapter 3. Taxonomy of Country Risk -- Chapter 4. Sovereign Risk Indicators -- Chapter 5. Country Risk Indicators -- Chapter 6. Concluding Remarks.

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