On the Determinants of First-Time Sovereign Bond Issues /

In recent years, the number of countries which have borrowed in international capital markets by issuing sovereign bonds has increased substantially. For these countries, capital market access meant a de facto acknowledgement of their policy successes and improvements in their creditworthiness that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grigorian, David
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/184
Online Access:Full text available on IMF