Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
Market reports in the summer of 2016 suggest that Venezuela is on the brink of default on upwards of $65 billion in debt. That debt comprises of bonds issued directly by the sovereign and those issued by the state-owned oil company PDVSA. Based on the bond contracts and other legal factors, it is not clear which of these two categories of bonds would fare better in the event of a restructuring. However, market observers are convinced — and we agree — that legal and contractual differences would likely impact the payouts on the bonds if Venezuela defaults. Using a comparison of recent weekly yields for roughly similar PDVSA and pure sovereign bonds, we attempt to gain some insights into the value investors assign to the legal differences between these two categories of bonds.
Citation
Paolo Colla et al., The Puzzle of PDVSA Bond Prices, 12 Capital Markets Law Journal 66-77 (2017)
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bonds, Public debts, Debt relief, Venezuela, Contracts--Interpretation and construction
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Banking and Finance Law Commons, Contracts Commons, Finance Commons, International Economics Commons, Securities Law Commons
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/3639
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