Credit Risk Spreads in Local and Foreign Currencies

The paper shows how-in a Merton-type model with bankruptcy-the currency composition of debt changes the risk profile of a company raising a given amount of financing, and thus affects the cost of debt. Foreign currency borrowing is cheaper when the exchange rate is positively correlated with the ret...

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Main Author: Wiener, Zvi
Other Authors: Galai, Dan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2009
Series:IMF Working Papers
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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