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The Price of Democracy: Sovereign Risk Ratings, Bond Spreads and Political Business Cycles in Developing Countries
Paul M. Vaaler / Steven A. Block
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The Price of Democracy: Sovereign Risk Ratings, Bond Spreads and Political Business Cycles in Developing Countries

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by Paul M. Vaaler, Steven A. Block

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  1. Credit Instruments, PD/LGD/EAD, and Rating Migration

    Separate default probability, loss severity and exposure.

  2. Conditional Expectation

    Read conditional default and exposure quantities.

  3. The Bank Account, Short Rate, and the Fundamental Pricing Equation

    Understand discounting in a stochastic-rate model.

  4. DV01, Dollar Duration, and One-Factor Price Sensitivity

    Translate yield movements into first-order price risk.

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  1. Threshold Models and the Gaussian Copula for Portfolio Default

    Study dependence between defaults.

  2. CVA and DVA

    Connect exposure and counterparty losses to valuation adjustments.

  3. Bootstrapping the Spot Curve from Market Instruments

    Build a consistent discount curve.

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