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Country Risk Analysis


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1 Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi Delhi 110007
2 Adjunct Professor ICFAI Business School Gurgaon, India
     

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This paper investigates the extent to which economic, political and socio-cultural factors help in country risk assessment. A risk rating model to evaluate the factors determining country risk is formulated. The results of the study show that India represents a high risk country. The economic risk has the highest risk score and political risk has the lowest risk score. However, various investor friendly reforms are on their way and Indias macroeconomic fundamentals and future prospects seem highly conducive for corporate growth.

Keywords

Country Risk, Economic Factors, Political Factors, Socio-cultural Factors, Sovereign Risk, Country Risk Rating
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Authors

Madhu Vij
Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi Delhi 110007
M. C. Kapoor
Adjunct Professor ICFAI Business School Gurgaon, India

Abstract


This paper investigates the extent to which economic, political and socio-cultural factors help in country risk assessment. A risk rating model to evaluate the factors determining country risk is formulated. The results of the study show that India represents a high risk country. The economic risk has the highest risk score and political risk has the lowest risk score. However, various investor friendly reforms are on their way and Indias macroeconomic fundamentals and future prospects seem highly conducive for corporate growth.

Keywords


Country Risk, Economic Factors, Political Factors, Socio-cultural Factors, Sovereign Risk, Country Risk Rating

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