Assessing Country Risk

Assessing ®nancial risks using a multicriteria sorting procedure: the case of country risk assessment

The assessment of ®nancial risks is a problem of major interest for corporate entities (organizations, ®nancial institutions, ®rms, etc.). The vulnerable economic and ®nancial environments necessitate the development of operational approaches to measure and control ®nancial risks. Most of the methodologies that have been proposed in the past employ a probabilistic notion of risk. This paper pro...

Assessing new perspectives on country risk - BIS Quarterly Review, part 5, December 2004

We examine in a unified framework three recent perspectives on country risk: debt intolerance, original sin, and currency mismatches. We find statistical evidence supporting aspects of all three, though the strength of that support varies considerably across hypotheses and a number of open questions remain. Our evidence is consistent with the view that good domestic macroeconomic and structural...

Value-at-Risk for country risk ratings

Country Risk Analysis: a Survey

In view of the rapid growth of international lending and foreign direct investments, the country risk analysis has become extremely important for the international creditors and investors. This paper traces the history of country risk analysis and briefly discusses the methods used by banks, agencies and researchers for evaluating country risk. Both qualitative and quantitative methods have evo...

Assessing economic and employment forecast basin tropical West Country by the shift share model

Economic growth in the three sectors in each region Show progress and economic development of the region. Economic growth and development of the region can be achieved when given to each section in place. So the formulation of an economic program for employment and sustainable development requires a good understanding of the situation and the economic advantages of the region. This research by...