Country Insurance Using Financial Instruments /

The availability of financial instruments related to indices that track global financial conditions and risk appetite can potentially offer countries alternative options to insure against external shocks. This paper shows that while these instruments can explain much of the in-sample variation in bo...

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第一著者: Ricci, Luca
その他の著者: Chamon, Marcos, Zhang, Yuanyan
フォーマット: 雑誌
言語:English
出版事項: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
シリーズ:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/169
オンライン・アクセス:Full text available on IMF
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520 3 |a The availability of financial instruments related to indices that track global financial conditions and risk appetite can potentially offer countries alternative options to insure against external shocks. This paper shows that while these instruments can explain much of the in-sample variation in borrowing spreads, this fails to materialize in hedging strategies that work well out-of-sample during tranquil times. However, positions on instruments such as those tracking the US High Yield Spread, the VIX, and especially other emerging market CDS spreads can substantially offset adverse movements in own spreads during times of systemic crises. Moreover, high risk countries seem to gain more, as their underlying weaknesses makes them more vulnerable to external shocks. Overall, the limited value in tranquil times, coupled with political economy arguments and innovation costs could justify the limited interest for this type of hedging in practice. 
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