Abstract
This paper analyzes the extent to which sovereign default risk in contagious. That is, contagion tests are conducted to determine whether ‘news’ regarding the creditworthiness of a sovereign borrower affect the spreads charged to others. The empirical results support the view that a systematic risk element enters into the default risk perceptions of lenders implying the existence of significant contagion effects in international lending.
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