Country Risk Assessment: A Guide to Global Investment Strategy (The Wiley Finance Series) [Hardcover]

Michel Henry Bouchet (Author), Ephraim Clarke (Author), Bertrand Groslambert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2003 | Series: The Wiley Finance Series (Book 233)

One of the few books on the subject, Country Risk Assessment combines the theoretical and practical tools for managing international country risk exposure.

- Offers a comprehensive discussion of the specific mechanisms that apply to country risk assessment.
- Discusses various techniques associated with global investment strategy.
- Presents and analyses the various sources of country risk.
- Provides an in depth coverage of information sources and country risk service providers.
- Gives techniques for forecasting country financial crises.
- Includes practical examples and case studies.
- Provides a comprehensive review of all existing methods including the techniques on the cutting-edge Market Based Approaches such as KMV, CreditMetrics, CountryMetrics and CreditRisk+.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

"In this day and age where Global Risk Management is all the rage, Bouchet, Clark and Groslambert's COUNTRY RISK ASSESSMENT is a 'must-read' for Chief Executives and Senior Risk Managers. It successfully blends an academic and critical review of the existing body of work in the field with a fresh and genuinely creative approach to the subject: Chapter 11, which draws analogies between quantum mechanics, country risk and information dynamics peculiar to our century, is a real gem..."

Xavier R. Rolet, Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Equity Trading, Lehman Brothers, Inc.

From the Back Cover

Country risk is a broad concept which brings together the varied disciplines of economics, finance, geopolitics, sociology and history. Based on a collective 50 years of experience as scholars, managers and advisors in the field of country risk, the authors set out to provide a solid understanding of the concepts and methodologies involved in formulating successful strategies for international risk assessment and management. With a balance between theory and practice, the book assesses the opportunities arising from the growing integration of international finance markets and presents and analyses the various sources of country risk.

It provides an in-depth coverage of information sources and country risk service providers, and explains techniques for assessing and forecasting country financial crises. It includes a comprehensive review of all existing methods including the techniques of the cutting-edge market-based approaches such as:

The book concludes with a management tool kit based on practical examples, all of which will be of interest to managers and analysts in investment banks and in corporate institutions involved in international investment, as well as to students of international finance and business.

 

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470845007
• ISBN-13: 978-0470845004
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,050,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful primer, August 11, 2009

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Country Risk Assessment: A Guide to Global Investment Strategy (The Wiley Finance Series) (Hardcover)

The individual chapters are all great, but sometimes they are repetitive and contradictory. However, I highly recommend this book as a great introduction to the subject