Characterizing Global Investors' Risk Appetite for Emerging Market Debt During Financial Crises

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Mardi Dungey

University of Cambridge - Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF)

Renee Fry

Australian National University (ANU) - Department of Economics

Vance L. Martin

University of Melbourne - Department of Economics; Australian National University (ANU) - Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)

Brenda González-Hermosillo

International Monetary Fund; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Date Written: Janurary 2004

Abstract

The effects of unanticipated movements in global risk on nine emerging bond markets are investigated. The components of global risk are volatility, credit, and liquidity risks. Country and contagion risks are also studied individually. A historical decomposition of bond spreads is used to identify the relative contributions of risk during 1998-99. The empirical results show that the Russian/LTCM crises were characterized by increases in global credit risk, while the relative size of global risk factors was mixed for the Brazilian crisis, with no component dominating. Country risk is found to be important for all countries, while there is little evidence of contagion risk.

Keywords: Emerging markets, Bonds, Debt, Financial crisis, fINANCIAL RISK, Economic models

Suggested Citation

Dungey, Mardi and Fry, Renee and Martin, Vance L. and González-Hermosillo, Brenda, Characterizing Global Investors' Risk Appetite for Emerging Market Debt During Financial Crises (Janurary 2004). IMF Working Paper No. 03/251, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1116822

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Renee Fry

Australian National University (ANU) - Department of Economics ( email )

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Vance L. Martin

University of Melbourne - Department of Economics ( email )

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Australian National University (ANU) - Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)

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