Results 61 to 70 of about 169,750 (298)
Have credit rating agencies become more stringent towards Japanese regional banks? [PDF]
This article investigates empirically whether foreign and domestic credit rating agencies tightened their standards for evaluating Japanese regional banks from 2000 to 2009.
Kondo, Kazumine
core +1 more source
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Addicted to Ratings: The Case for Reducing Governments’ Reliance on Credit Ratings [PDF]
Credit rating agencies have been blamed for their role in the recent financial crisis, notably for having assigned high ratings to complex financial instruments that yielded billions in losses to investors. As a consequence, a number of reforms have been
Philippe Bergevin
core
Emergence of rating agencies: Implications for establishing a regional rating agency in Asia [PDF]
, 2010 The present analysis sheds light on the setting up a regional rating agency in Asia in the wake of recent financial crisis. We investigate the policy facing a financial regulator while evaluating whether or not to admit new entrants into the credit ...
Liu, Li-gang, Tsai, Ying Yi
core +1 more source
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
wiley +1 more source
RUDN Journal of Economics, 2020 This paper analyzes methodologies of credit rating assessment of major rating agencies, with the focus on Fitch Ratings (Fitch). The methodology data were collected from Fitch Ratings.
Elena M. Grigorieva, Darko Vukovic
doaj +1 more source
Bonuses, Credit Rating Agencies and the Credit Crunch [PDF]
The payment of bonuses can bring big benefits. But harm, too, can result. In the financial sector, this is especially true, above all when they are related to noisy indicators of performance over brief periods. This paper starts by exploring these ideas,
Guy Spier, Peter Sinclair, Tom Skinner
core
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Overdependence on Credit Ratings Was a Primary Cause of the Crisis [PDF]
The first part of the paper describes how over time credit rating agencies ceased to play the role of information intermediaries. Rating agencies did not provide information about the risk associated with the securitized instruments, but they simply ...
Frank Partnoy
core
Does conditional conservatism affect credit ratings? An analysis of Korean KRX bond issuers [PDF]
, 2015 We examine whether there is a relationship between conditional conservatism and credit ratings. Credit rating levels are the ‘opinion‘ of credit rating agencies about a firm’s default risk based on financial statements data and corporate governance ...
Lim, Hyoung Joo, Mali, Dafydd
core