Cross-border exposures and country risk
Subtitle: assessment and monitoring
By: Thomas E. Krayenbuehl
Publisher: Woodhead Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, England
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781855738812; 9781280372414
Subjects: External Debts; International finance; Risk; Public Debts; Public Finance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: This thoroughly revised edition of Thomas Krayenbuehl's classic handbook confirms its reputation as the standard work on this formidably complex subject. It is essential reading for bankers, executives of multinational companies and governmental and inter-governmental agencies.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Country risk. 2nd ed. 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Contents; title: Preface; title: 1 Overview; title: Introduction; title: The debt crisis of the 1980s; title: The Brady Plan; title: The Tequila crisis; title: The transition countries; title: The Asian crisis; title: The latest problems; title: Heavily indebted poor countries; title: Recent developments in cross-border financing; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: 2 The need for capital; title: Introduction; title: The borrowers; title: Gross domestic investment; title: Capital needs; title: Domestic funds; title: Cross-border funds; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: 3 Risks in cross-border exposures and their assessment; title: Introduction; title: Transfer risk; title: Political risk; title: Relating transfer and political risk; title: References; title: 4 Monitoring of cross-border exposures and hedging of country risk; title: Introduction; title: The establishment of country limits; title: Monitoring cross-border exposures; title: The change of country risk quality and its consequences; title: Hedging of country risk; title: The case of contagion; title: Outsourcing risk assessment; title: The rating agencies; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: 5 Responsibilities; title: Introduction; title: The International Monetary Fund (IMF); title: The World Bank Group; title: The regional multilateral financial institutions; title: The industrialized countries; title: The developing countries; title: The regulators; title: The rating agencies; title: Conclusions; title: References; title: 6 Conclusions; title: Annex 1 Glossary; title: Annex 2 Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, Article IV; title: Annex 3 Selected sovereign ratings for foreign currencies of developing countries; title: Annex 4.1 Country risk rating by the International Country Risk Guide; title: Annex 4.2 Country risk rating by the Institutional Investor; title: Annex 4.3 Country risk rating by Euromoney; title: Annex 5 Alternative exchange rate regimes.