Debt-equity swaps and foreign direct investment in Latin America

This paper discusses how debt-equity swaps affect flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). It is based on research that concentrates on four major Latin American debtors, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The paper examines how investment decisions of multinational corporations and commercial ba...

• Main Authors: Bergsman, Joel, Edisis, Wayne
• Corporate Author: Corporación Financiera Internacional
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1989
• Series: Discussion paper no. 2
• Subjects: DEUDA EXTERNA; INVERSIONES EXTRANJERAS; CREDITO RECIPROCO; CONVERSIONES DE LA DEUDA; BANCO MUNDIAL; AMERICA LATINA; CREDITO CRUZADO; SWAPS; BIRF

Table of Contents:

• Summary and conclusions
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Results
• 3. A final word
• Text tables
• Annexes.