I investigate sovereign risk management using expected utility theory. A proposition is derived under which conditions which degree of hedging is optimal. An application to the case of Russia shows that a risk-acceptant attitude can serve as an explanation of the decisions to bail out Rosneft...

The no-arbitrage model by Schonbucher is combined with the extended Vasicek Term Structure Model and applied to the pricing of sovereign bonds. Practical hedging according to the model is investigated. A portfolio of bonds is investigated using the risk measures "shortfall" and "Value at Risk".A...

Firstly, two seemingly unrelated topics of Russian politics are investigated. It is shown that under expected utility maximization the assumptions of an unbiased oil forward market and a risk-acceptant attitude (strictly convex utility function) of president Putin are sufficient to explain...