Export Credit Insurance: A literature review

Name: Jordi van Dijk,
ANR number: 361473
Course: Finance for Premasters

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.3 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE 1.4 RELATION CREDIT INSURERS AND OPEN ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS

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2 BUSINESS ON OPEN ACCOUNT: WHAT ARE THE REASONS? 2.1 TRADE CREDIT INSTEAD OF BANK LOANS 2.2 TRADE CREDIT AS A SECURITY 2.3 TRADE CREDIT AS A SUBSTITUTE OF BANK LOANS

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3 THE RISE OF EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE 3.1 UNITED KINGDOM INITIATOR OF EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE 3.2 HISTORY OF EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE IN THE U.S. 3.3 THE RISE OF PRIVATE CREDIT INSURERS

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4 CREDIT INSURANCE AND OTHER CREDIT RISK MITIGATION TECHNIQUES 4.1 AVAILABLE COVERAGE’S IN THE CREDIT INSURANCE MARKET OF THE NETHERLANDS 4.1.1 Commercial risk 4.1.2 Political risk 4.1.3 Fabrications risk 4.2 INTRODUCTION OTHER TECHNIQUES TO MITIGATE CREDIT RISKS 4.2.1 Letters of Credit 4.2.2 Factoring 4.2.3 Cash in advance 4.2.3 Bank guarantee 4.2.4 Documentary collection

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5 NON-­GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 5.1 THE NEED OF AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION 5.2 BERNE UNION 5.2.1 Main tasks Berne Union