The Price Discount on the External Debt of Developing Countries as a Measure of LDC Debt-servicing Problems

作者: Jean-François Brochu , Paul Lanoie

DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2000.9669887

关键词: Original issue discountExternal debtDebt levels and flowsFinanceBalance sheetDebt ratioEconomicsDebtInternal debtDebt-to-GDP ratioMonetary economics

摘要: ABSTRACT This paper examines the performance of balance sheet variables (in contrast with traditional macro-indicators) to predict probability that a LDC will experience price discount on its debt and magnitude this discount. Our results show many these are good predictors evolution discounts.

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