Campbell, John Y.Gopinath, GitaDu, Wenxin2014-06-242014-06-242013Du, Wenxin. 2013. Essays in International Finance. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10902http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12362594This dissertation consists of three essays in international finance. The first two essays study emerging market sovereign risk with a focus on local currency denominated sovereign bonds. The third essay examines econometric tools for robust inference in the presence of missing observations, an issue frequently encountered by researchers in international finance.en-USEconomicsFinanceCurrency SwapsEmerging MarketsLocal Currency BondsSovereign RiskThesis or Dissertation2014-06-24