Country risk: An empirical approach to estimate the probability of default in emergent markets

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En este trabajo se sugiere una metodología nueva para estimar la probabilidad que un país incumpla sus compromisos de pago de deuda. Dicha probabilidad se expresa como función de distintas variables macroeconómicas. La metodología se basa en valorar los precios en el mercado secundario de instrumentos de deuda (bonos) emitidos por dichos países. Los bonos elegidos han sido los Bradies debido a que sus características institucionales son similares para distintos emisores. La metodología propuesta toma elementos de los modelos tradicionales como las estructura funcional de la probabilidad de impago y de los modelos de estructura de términos. En resumen, el presente trabajo presenta una nueva manera de extraer el riesgo soberano que se encuentra implícito en los precios de mercado secundario de los bonos elegidos. ABSTRACT In this paper we have suggested a new methodology to estimate the probability of default of a country as a function of other macroeconomics variables. Such methodology is based in the valuation of the prices in the secondary market of bonds issued by debtor countries. We have chosen the Brady bonds because their institutional characteristics do not depend on the issuer country which allows us to build a homogeneous panel. The methodology proposed takes elements of traditional models such as the functional structure of the probability and elements of term structure models. The paper demonstrates a new way to extract sovereign risk, implicit in trade bond prices.

Author(s): Gonzalo Camargo, Mayko Camargo
Series: Documento de Trabajo (197)
Publisher: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) - Departamento de Economía
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 39
City: Lima
Tags: Peru