Emerging market bond spreads and sovereign credit ratings: Reconciling market views with economic fundamentals

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 380-408

  Sy, Amadou N R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond spreads; Credit ratings; Monitoring; Risk apetite; Sovereign risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889273     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0141(02)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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