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Country Risk Analysis. Chapter 11. In this Chapter. MEASURING POLITICAL RISK ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORS KEY INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC HEALTH MANAGING POLITICAL RISK. Government Actions Causing Political Risk. Confiscation Expropriation Embargo Protective tariffs Currency controls. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Country Risk AnalysisCountry Risk AnalysisChapter 11Chapter 11
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In this ChapterIn this Chapter
I.I. MEASURING POLITICAL RISKMEASURING POLITICAL RISK
II.II. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORSFACTORS
III.III. KEY INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC KEY INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC HEALTHHEALTH
IV.IV. MANAGING POLITICAL RISKMANAGING POLITICAL RISK
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Government Actions Government Actions Causing Political RiskCausing Political Risk1.1. ConfiscationConfiscation2.2. ExpropriationExpropriation3.3. EmbargoEmbargo4.4. Protective tariffsProtective tariffs5.5. Currency controlsCurrency controls
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THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MEASUREMENT OF POLITICAL RISKPOLITICAL RISK
I.I. MEASURING POLITICAL RISKMEASURING POLITICAL RISK
Two Perspectives:Two Perspectives:
A.A. Country-specificCountry-specific
B. Industry-specificB. Industry-specific
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THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MEASUREMENT OF POLITICAL RISKPOLITICAL RISK
C.C. Political Stability Political Stability 1. Measured by:1. Measured by: a.a. Frequency of Frequency of
government government changeschanges b.b. Level of violenceLevel of violence c.c. Number of armed Number of armed
insurrectionsinsurrections d.d. Conflict with other Conflict with other
statesstates
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D.D. Economic FactorsEconomic Factors 1.1. Indicators of political Indicators of political
unrestunrest a.a. Rampant inflationRampant inflation b.b. Extreme balance of Extreme balance of payment payment
deficitsdeficits c.c. Slowed growth of per Slowed growth of per
capita GDPcapita GDP
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E.E. Subjective FactorsSubjective Factors 1.1. Profit Opportunity Profit Opportunity
Recommendation Recommendation 2.2. Political Risk and Political Risk and
Uncertain Uncertain Property RightsProperty Rights
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3.3. CAPITAL FLIGHTCAPITAL FLIGHTa.a. DefinitionDefinitionb.b. MeasurementMeasurementc.c. CausesCauses
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Capital FlightCapital Flight a.a. Definition:Definition: the export of savings by a the export of savings by a nation’s citizens because of nation’s citizens because of safety-of-capital fears.safety-of-capital fears. b.b. Measurement: use the Measurement: use the balance-of- payment accountbalance-of- payment account
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b.b. Measurement: use the Measurement: use the balance-of- payment balance-of- payment
accountaccount
Current Account
Capital Account
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c.c. Causes of capital flightCauses of capital flight 1.) Expectation of 1.) Expectation of currencycurrency
depreciation depreciation 2.) Inappropriate economic 2.) Inappropriate economic policiespolicies
3.)3.) High political riskHigh political risk Example: Latin America in the 1980’sExample: Latin America in the 1980’s
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THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MEASUREMENT OF POLITICAL RISKPOLITICAL RISK D. Other FactorsD. Other Factors 1.1. Relative size of Relative size of
government government debtdebt 2.2. Rate of money supply Rate of money supply
expansionexpansion 3.3. Existence of Existence of
government-government- imposed imposed barriers to market barriers to market forcesforces
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COUNTRY RISK ANALYSISCOUNTRY RISK ANALYSISPrimary focus: How Primary focus: How
well is the country well is the country doing economically?doing economically?
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II. ECONOMIC AND II. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORSPOLITICAL FACTORS
A.A. Fiscal ResponsibilityFiscal Responsibility -high government -high government
deficitsdeficits
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Economic and Political Economic and Political FactorsFactors
B. B. Monetary StabilityMonetary Stability ΔΔMS > MS > ΔΔMDMD
C.C. Freely-floating versusFreely-floating versus Controlled Exchange Rate Controlled Exchange Rate
SystemSystem -currency usually overvalued-currency usually overvalued when currency is pegged.when currency is pegged.
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Economic and Political Economic and Political FactorsFactors D.D. Government SpendingGovernment Spending - Wasteful = inability to - Wasteful = inability to
service service foreign debtforeign debt
E.E. Resource BaseResource Base -lack of strong work -lack of strong work
ethicethic
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III. Key indicators of III. Key indicators of economic healtheconomic health
3.3. 1. 1. Structural incentivesStructural incentives4.4. 2.2. Legal structureLegal structure5.5. 3.3. Clear incentives to saveClear incentives to save6.6. 4.4. Open economy (globally)Open economy (globally)7.7. 5.5. Stable macroeconomic Stable macroeconomic
policiespolicies
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Key Indicators of Key Indicators of Economic HealthEconomic Health
6.6. Level of tax ratesLevel of tax rates 7.7. amount of government-amount of government-
owned owned firmsfirms 8.8. Political and fiscal Political and fiscal
responsibilityresponsibility 9.9. Amount and extent of Amount and extent of
corruptioncorruption
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IV. Managing Political IV. Managing Political RiskRisk How to Avoid Confiscation?How to Avoid Confiscation?
A.A. Pre-investment PlanningPre-investment Planning– 1.1. AvoidanceAvoidance– 2.2. Insurance Insurance – 3. 3. Structuring the Structuring the
investmentinvestment
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Managing Political RiskManaging Political Risk
B.B. Operating Policies:Operating Policies:
Develop local Develop local stakeholdersstakeholders