Author : Mr.Serhan Cevik
Publisher : INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
ISBN 13 : 9781513560403
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)
Book Synopsis An Apocalypse Foretold: Climate Shocks and Sovereign Defaults by : Mr.Serhan Cevik
Download or read book An Apocalypse Foretold: Climate Shocks and Sovereign Defaults written by Mr.Serhan Cevik and published by INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change poses an existential threat to the global economy. While there is a growing body of literature on the economic consequences of climate change, research on the link between climate change and sovereign default risk is nonexistent. We aim to fill this gap in the literature by estimating the impact of climate change vulnerability and resilience on the probability of sovereign debt default. Using a sample of 116 countries over the period 1995–2017, we find that climate change vulnerability and resilience have significant effects on the probability of sovereign debt default, especially among low-income countries. That is, countries with greater vulnerability to climate change face a higher likelihood of debt default compared to more climate resilient countries. These findings remain robust to a battery of sensitivity checks, including alternative measures of sovereign debt default, model specifications, and estimation methodologies.