Emerging Market Spread Compression.
Despite recent turmoil, spreads on emerging market countries' sovereign bonds have fallen dramatically since mid-2002. Some have attributed the fall to improved economic fundamentals while others to ample global liquidity. The paper models spreads and attempts to empirically distinguish between...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
International Monetary Fund,
2008.
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Colección: | IMF Working Papers.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Introduction; II. Data; A. Variables; Emerging Market Bond Spreads; Tables; 1. Availability of EMBI and EMBI Global; Credit Ratings and Outlooks; Fed Funds Futures; Figures; 1. Changes in Sovereign Credit Ratings and Outlook: January 1991~February 2007; Volatility in the Fed Funds Futures Market; Volatility Index of S & P 500 (VIX); 2. Volatility of Fed Funds Futures Market and Emerging Market Bond Spread; B. Total Credit Rating-Outlook Index (CROI); Log Linearity Between the Spreads and Ratings; 3. VIX and Emerging Market Bond Spread.
- Construction of the Total Credit Rating-Outlook Index (CROI)4. Average vis-à-vis Estimated Bond Spreads on Long-Term Sovereign Credit Ratings; 2. Total Credit Rating-Outlook Index (CROI); III. Results; A. Basic Model; 5. Aggregate Fundamentals: Total Credit Rating-Outlook Index (CROI) vis-à-vis Long-Term Credit-Rating Index (LTCR); 3. Basic Model Results: CROI vs. LTCR, December 1991~February 2007; B. Extended Model with Volatility; 4. Extended Model Results: CROI vs. LTCR, January 1991~February 1997; C. Graphical Interpretation of the Models.
- 6. Actual vs. Estimated Spreads Extended Model with CROI as FundamentalsD. Contributions to EMBI Spreads; 5. Determinants of Change in the EMBIG Spread, December 2002-February 2007; IV. Conclusions; Appendix; Appendix 1.A: A Procedure of Constructing the CROI; Appendix Figure; 1. Actual and Estimated Spreads: Extended Model with CROI as Fundamentals; References.