Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22857 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Bonn Econ Discussion Papers No. 36/2002
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE), Bonn
Abstract: 
Not only corporate but also sovereign debtors, in particular developing countries, may get into financial difficulties. Contrary to corporate issuers, they decide themselves if they continue to fulfill their debt obligations or convert their debt. I analyze the value of a default-risky sovereign bond in a setting in which foreign trade is reduced in case the country does not fulfill its obligations. Comparing the costs of debt service with the value of the punishment via foreign trade, the country voluntarily decides when to reorganize its debt. Knowing this threshold the value of a sovereign coupon-bond can be calculated.
Subjects: 
Credit risk
sovereign debt
endogenous default
JEL: 
G15
G33
F34
H63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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