Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/48140 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 07/03
Publisher: 
Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Dresden
Abstract: 
We quantify the probability that a sovereign defaults on repayment obligations in foreign currency. Adopting the structural approach as first introduced by Merton, we consider the sovereigns ability-to-pay, characterised by the sum of discounted future payment surpluses, as the underlying process. Its implicit volatility is inferred from market spreads. We demonstrate for the case of Latin America and Russia that our approach indicates default events well in advance of agencies and markets.
Subjects: 
Sovereign Risk
Probability of Default
JEL: 
F34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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