Pricing Floating-Rate Debt and Related Interest Rate Options

Author/Editor:

Louis O. Scott

Publication Date:

February 1, 1990

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Summary:

Most developing country debt is denominated in U.S. dollars and has a floating interest rate. The pricing of floating rate debt and related interest rate options are examined in this paper. Formulas for pricing ceilings and floors on floating rate debt are derived for several different models of interest rate variability. A framework for pricing risky debt and loan guarantees is presented, and the implications of the debtor country’s default option are analyzed. The elimination of large principal repayments, by collateralizing the principal, serves to reduce the debtor country’s incentive to use its default option.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1990/007

Subject:

Bonds Debt default External debt Financial institutions Loans Options Securities

English

Publication Date:

February 1, 1990

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451842333/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0071990

Pages:

22

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