Assymetric information associated with issues of transparency, governance and the country's financial, economic and political organization make it difficult to price bonds issued by sovereign entities. Where asymmetric information and corporate debt are concerned, the literature suggests that...

Over the period 1990-92, India experienced a foreign exchange crisis complicated by political turmoil that led to three rapid downgrades of its credit rating within the short space of a year. However, India did not default or reschedule its debt and with the help of foreign exchange loans after...

In this paper we look at the determinants of Indian eurobond prices over the period 1990-1992. We measure the general market effect of changes in the risk-free term structure and test for the effect of idiosyncratic factors such as ratings, listing exchange, issuer type, lead manager, number of...