You will become familiar with the roll of the Export Credit Agency, ECA, Supplier Credits, Buyer Credits and gain an understanding of the concept of Warehouse Financing. Detailed Topic Listing as follows:
LU FIT 008. ECA and
Warehouse Finance
1. ECA BASED
FINANCING
1.1 Medium to Long Term Financing
1.2 Market Characteristics
1.3 Long-Term Financing Needs
1.4 Participants in the Market
1.5 Export Credit Agencies
1.6 Export Credit Agencies -
Protections
2. SUPPLIER CREDITS
2.1 Supplier Credits (continued)
2.2 Mechanics of the Supplier
Credit
2.3 Advantages of Supplier Credit
2.4 Disadvantages of Supplier
Credit
2.5 Players and Relationships in
Supplier Credit
2.6 Commitment, Draw-down, and
Payback in Supplier Credit
3. BUYER CREDITS
3.1 Mechanics of the Buyer Credit
3.2 Advantages and Disadvantages
of Buyer Credit
3.3 Players and Relationships in
the Buyer Credit
3.4 Commitment, Draw-down, and
Payback in a Buyer Credit
3.5 Buyer Credit (Refinancing)
3.6 Comparison: Supplier and
Buyer Credits
3.7 Bank Earnings and Fees
3.8 OECD Consensus or Arrangement
3.9 Benefits to Banks
3.10 Export Credit Insurance and
the Berne Union
3.11 Benefits of Export Credit
Insurance
3.12 Examples of Main ECA
Providers and their Mission Statements
4. WAREHOUSE
FINANCE
Further Reading
1 - OECD Consensus - Arrangement
on Officially Supported Export Credits
2 - Disciplining Trade Finance -
the OECD Export Credit Arrangement
3 - Export Credit Guarantees,
Moral Hazard and Exports Quality
4 - Testing the Trade Credit and
Trade Link:
Evidence from Data on Export
Credit Insurance
5 - Public Export Guarantees and
Foreign Trade Structure
Forum Assignment
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