Emerging Markets and Sovereign Risk [Hardcover]

Emerging Markets and Sovereign Risk provides case studies, commentary and analysis on the financial risk management and measurement in the context of frontier and developing counties from international experts covering three key areas of emerging market investments, the rating sovereign risk and managing sovereign risk.PART I: RISK AND EMERGING MARKET INVESTMENT 1. Economic Growth Vs. Equity Returns in Emerging Markets; R. McFall Lamm 2. Default Risk of Sovereign Debt in Central America; Astrid Ayala, Szabolcs Blazsek, Ra?l B. Gonz?lez 3. Contagion in Emerging Markets ; Serge Darolles, J?r?my Dudek and Ga?lle Le Fol 4. Aspects of Volatility and Correlations in European Emerging Economies ; A. Golab, D.E. Allen and R. Powell 5. The Political Risk of Offshore Financial Centres: The Cyprus Bail-Out; David Chaikin PART II: RATING AGENCIES AND THE SOVEREIGN RATING PROCESS 6. Travels in the Ratings Space: Developed and Developing Countries Sovereign Ratings; L?cio Vinhas de Souza 7. The Sovereign Rating Regulatory Dilemma; Jeffrey Manns 8. A Framework for Understanding the Acceptability of Rating Agency Methodologies; Nigel Finch 9. Sovereign Wealth Funds and Investment Law; Mauro Megliani 10. Common Characteristics of Rated Sovereigns Prior to Default; Marie Cavanaugh, John B Chambers and Maximillian McGraw PART III: MANAGEMENT OF SOVEREIGN RISK AND RATINGS 11. Big Projects in Small Economies: The Determinants of Sovereign Risk and its Control; Sean J. Hinton, Brian S. Fisher and Anna M. Fisher 12. Monetary Policy and International Reserves in Emerging Economies: Theory and Empirics; Prakash Kumar Shrestha and Willi Semmler 13. Stock Market Impact of Sovereign Rating Changes: Alternative Benchmark Models; Emawtee Bissoondoyal-Bheenick and Robert Brooks 14. Reserve Adequacy Measures for Emerging Market Economies; Willi Semmler and Lebogang Mateane 15. The Price Impact of Sovereign Rating Announcements; Albert MetzDavid E. Allen, University of South Australia, AustraliaAstlã1