The objective is to provide students with hands-on experience in country risk analysis. There will be no pre-requisites, although previous course work in economics, international finance or global business/political economy will be helpful. The course will be interactive and involve intensive student participation. The instructor will use case studies, as well as material from the IMF/World Bank, rating agencies, the financial press, government source and academic articles. This material will be used to develop case studies on the following issues: 1) comparative country risk techniques and indicators; 2) sovereign debt restructurings; 3) early warning systems; 4) political risk and 5) individual country studies.
