Arbeitspapier

The determinants of corporate risk in emerging markets: An option-adjusted spreads analysis

This study explores the determinants of corporate bond spreads in emerging markets economies. Using a largely unexploited dataset, the paper finds that corporate bond spreads are determined by firm-specific variables, bond characteristics, macroeconomic conditions, sovereign risk, and global factors. A variance decomposition analysis shows that firm-level characteristics account for the larger share of the variance. In addition, the paper finds two asymmetries. The first is in line the sovereign ceiling 'lite' hypothesis which states that the transfer of risk from the sovereign to the private sector is less than 1 to 1. The second is consistent with the popular notion that panics are common in emerging markets where investors are less informed and more prone to herding.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 602

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
International Finance: General
International Lending and Debt Problems
International Financial Markets
Thema
Corporate Bond Spreads
Sovereign Ceiling
Default Risk
Emerging Market

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cavallo, Eduardo
Valenzuela, Patricio
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
(wo)
Washington, DC
(wann)
2007

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cavallo, Eduardo
  • Valenzuela, Patricio
  • Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Entstanden

  • 2007

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