Sovereign risk and structural credit risk models

This thesis is an analysis of sovereign default using option pricing models. The first part of the thesis applies the structural credit risk models of Gapen, Gray, Lim and Xiao, (GGLX) and Karmann and Maltritz (KM) to 25 countries accounting for about 75% of global GDP. The GGLX model underestimates...

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Main Author: Purewsuren, Zazral
Published: University of Sheffield 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.577690