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Contingent liabilities : issues and practice /
Contingent liabilities have gained prominence in the analysis of public finance. Indeed, history is full of episodes in which the financial position of the public sector is substantially altered-or its true nature uncovered-as a result of government bailouts of financial or nonfinancial entities, in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
©2008.
©2008 |
| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/08/245. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Introduction; II. Background; III. Mitigating Risks Associated with Contingent Liabilities; A. Frameworks for Dealing with Risks from Contingent Liabilities; B. When to take on Contingent Liabilities?; Boxes; 1. Market Failure and Terrorism Insurance; 2. When Are Guarantees Preferable to Other Forms of Support?; C. Strategies to Transfer Risk or Costs Related to Contingent Liabilities; Figures; 1. Typical Infrastructure PPP Project Risks and Hypothetical Allocation; 3. Estimating the Expected Cost and Market Value of Guarantees.
- D. Other Safeguards against Risks Related to Contingent LiabilitiesIV. Managing Retained Risk from Contingent Liabilities; A. Instruments for Managing Low Impact Liabilities; B. Instruments for Managing High Impact Liabilities; Tables; 1. Contingency Funds to Meet Calls on Contingent Liabilities: Selected Examples; V. Disclosing Contingent Liabilities; 2. IPSAS: When to Recognize and Disclose Contingent Liabilities; 3. Accounting/Statistical Standards and Transparency Initiatives: What to Disclose; 4. Legislative Requirements to Disclose Fiscal Risks: Selected Country Examples.
- VI. Institutional Arrangements for Managing Contingent Liability Risks5. Disclosing the Magnitude of Contingent Liabilities: Selected Country Examples; VII. Conclusion; 4. Institutional Arrangements for Managing PPP Risks; A1. Accounting Standards and Standard Setters; Annexes; I. Accounting/Statistical Standards and Contingent Liabilities; A1. Summary of the Main Requirements for Recognition and Disclosures of Contingent Liabilities; II. Measuring the Value of Contingent Liabilities; A1. The Swedish Debt Office Simulation Model; References.