{"id":2675,"date":"2019-09-12T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/cfa-level-1-exam\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:03:42","slug":"country-risk-premium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/cfa-level-1-exam\/corporate-finance\/country-risk-premium\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Risk Premium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"VideoObject\",\n\n  \"name\": \"Cost of Capital (2021 Level I CFA\u00ae Exam \u2013 Reading 33)\",\n\n  \"description\": \"This video lesson explains the cost of capital, covering key topics like the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), its components, and its calculation. It explores the cost of debt, preferred stock, and equity using models like CAPM, dividend discount, and bond yield plus risk premium. 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The annualized standard deviation of Country A\u2019s equity index is 30%, and the annualized standard deviation of Country A\u2019s USD-denominated 10-year government bond is 19%. What is Country A\u2019s country risk premium?\",\n    \"answerCount\": 1,\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n      \"text\": \"The correct answer is 6.32%. The sovereign yield spread is 7.5% \u2212 3.5% = 4%. The country risk premium is calculated as 4% \u00d7 (30% \/ 19%) = 6.32%.\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n  width=\"611\"\n  height=\"344\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I_SgGrDv1YM\"\n  title=\"YouTube video player\"\n  frameborder=\"0\"\n  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n  referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\n  allowfullscreen>\n<\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Beta by itself does not adequately capture a country&#8217;s risk for companies that are located in developing countries. To appropriately reflect these country risks, the cost of equity is usually adjusted by adding a country risk premium.<\/p>\n<p>The country risk premium may be added to the basic equity risk premium, which, anyway, does not account for country risk, to get the total equity risk premium. The equity risk premium is then used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to derive the cost of equity.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Estimating Country Risk Premium<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One common approach to estimating a country risk premium is to compute the product of a developing country\u2019s sovereign yield spread and the ratio of the volatility of the country\u2019s equity market to that of its sovereign bond market denominated in the currency of a developed country.<\/p>\n<p>In the form of an equation,<\/p>\n<p>$$ \\begin{matrix} \\text{Country risk} \\\\ \\text{premium} \\end{matrix}=\\begin{matrix} \\text{Sovereign yield} \\\\ \\text{spread} \\end{matrix}\\times \\frac { \\begin{matrix} \\text{Annualized standard deviation} \\\\ \\text{of equity index} \\end{matrix} }{ \\begin{matrix} \\text{Annualized standard deviation of} \\\\ \\text{sovereign bond market in terms} \\\\ \\text{of the developed market currency} \\end{matrix} } $$<\/p>\n<p>Where:<\/p>\n<p>Sovereign yield spread = Government bond yield denominated in a developed country currency \u2212 Treasury bond yield on a similar maturity bond in a developed country<\/p>\n<p>Also, the measure used to capture volatility is the annualized standard deviation.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Example: Calculating a Company\u2019s Cost of Equity Using Country Risk Premium<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The equity risk premium for a company in a developing country is 5.5%, and its country risk premium is 3%. If the company\u2019s beta is 1.6 and the risk-free rate of interest is 4.4%, use the Capital Asset Pricing Model to compute the company\u2019s cost of equity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Total equity risk premium = 5.5% + 3% = 8.5%<\/p>\n<p>Using CAPM, cost of equity = 4.4% + 1.6 (8.5%) = 4.4% + 13.60% = 18.0%<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Question<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Country A\u2019s 10-year government bond yield is 7.5% while the yield on a similar maturity US treasury bond is 3.5%. The annualized standard deviation of Country A\u2019s equity index is 30%, and the annualized standard deviation of country A\u2019s United States dollar denominated 10-year government bond is 19%. What is country A\u2019s country risk premium?<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha;\">\n<li>6.32%<\/li>\n<li>7.24%&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li data-tadv-p=\"keep\">11.45%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>A<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sovereign yield spread \\(= 7.5\\% &#8211; 3.5\\% = 4\\%\\)<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the country risk premium is:<\/p>\n<p>$$ 4\\%\\left( \\frac { 30\\% }{ 19\\% } \\right) =0.04\\left( \\frac { 0.30 }{ 0.19 } \\right) =0.04\\left( 1.57895 \\right) =0.06316=6.32\\% $$<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"notes_inv\"><hr>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/cfa-level-1-exam\/corporate-finance\/learning-sessions-curriculum-corporate-finance\/\">Corporate Finance &#8211; Learning Sessions<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beta by itself does not adequately capture a country&#8217;s risk for companies that are located in developing countries. 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