Sovereign Asset Values and Implications for the Credit Market

Konferenzbeitrag

Using the contingent claim approach and market data on sovereign credit default swaps we assess the drivers of a country s risk perception. Deriving market-based asset values for a set of advanced economies we gain insights into the capital markets perspectives on sovereign creditworthiness. We find the market-based asset values to be positively influenced by debt and to be an early risk indicator for economic developments. In a cross-section analysis we identify drivers of the economic risk of countries. Clustering the countries according to their debt to asset value ratios provides further insights into the market perceptions of sovereign credit risk. For example we find the asset values of countries with higher ratios react to changes in the global equity market. Countries with a lower ratio react more to the political stability within the country.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2013: Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung in einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung - Session: Sovereign Debt ; No. D09-V3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; National Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt ; Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing; option pricing ; International Financial Markets

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Posch, Peter N ; Kalteier, Eva-Maria
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel und Hamburg
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/79986
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET