Damodaran, Country Risk: Determinants, Measures, and Implications Practice Questions cover the following learning objectives:
Identify and explain the different sources of country risk.
Evaluate the methods for measuring country risk and discuss the limitations of using those methods.
Compare and contrast foreign currency defaults and local currency defaults.
Explain the consequences of a country’s default.
Discuss measures of sovereign default risk and describe components of a sovereign rating.
Describe the shortcomings of the sovereign rating systems of rating agencies.
Compare the use of credit ratings, market-based credit default spreads, and CDS spreads in predicting default.