Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57362 
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Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper No. 2011/14
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
I investigate the effect of transparency on the borrowing costs of Emerging Markets Economies. Transparency is measured by whether or not the countries publish the IMF Article IV Staff report and the Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC). Using difference-in-difference estimation, I study the effect on the sovereign credit spreads for 18 Emerging Market Economies over the period 1999-2007. I show that the effect of publishing the Article IV reports is negligible while publishing the ROSC matters, leading to a reduction in the spreads of over 15% in the samples 1999-2006 and 1999-2007.
Subjects: 
Sovereign Bond Markets
Transparency
Emerging Market Economies
JEL: 
F33
F34
G15
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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