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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1. Verfasser: Wiener, Zvi (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 2009
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 09/110
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Zusammenfassung: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 return on the company''s assets, even if the company is not an exporter. Prudential regulations should therefore differentiate among loans depending on the extent to which borrowers have ""natural hedges"" of their foreign currency exposures
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (20 p)
ISBN:1451872577
9781451872576

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