%0 Journal Article %T SOVEREIGN RISK ASSESSMENT UNDER ECONOMIC CRISIS CONDITIONS %A GABRIELA CORINA SLUSARIUC %A ILIE R£¿SCOLEAN %A ANCA JARMILA GU£¿£¿ %J Annals of the University of Petrosani : Economics %D 2011 %I University of Petrosani %X Due to the amplification of globalization phenomenon, the risks to which international activities are exposed have become much more diversified and complex. A special status among international risks is the country risk. A foreign investor will never invest in some country without performing and analysing an evaluation report of that country. So, we can conclude that these reports are like a visiting card of assessed countries. Therefore, within this context of global economy evolution it is imperative to know the sovereign risk of every state. %K sovereign risk %K economic crisis %K economic factors %K political factors %K development %K globalization %U http://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2011/Slusariuc-Rascolean-Guta.pdf