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CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [PDF]
Credit rating agencies (CRAs) play a key role in financial markets by helping to reduce the informative asymmetry between lenders and investors, on one side, and issuers on the other side, about the creditworthiness of companies or countries.
Marwan Elkhoury
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FEATURES OF CREDIT RATING ASSESSMENT OF ISLAMIC INSURANCE COMPANIES BY RATING AGENCIES
RUDN Journal of Economics, 2017 The Global market of Islamic Insurance shows stable growth and development. In 2015 the volume of Global takaful market reached $23.3 billion. In comparison with 2006 year when takaful sphere reached $5 billion it increased for $20 billion.
M A Chapanova
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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The Reform of the Credit Rating Agencies: A Comparative Perspective. ECMI Policy Brief No. 12, February 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 Credit ratings are a quasi-public good, and investors and financial markets regulators need an independent assessment of the credit-worthiness of an issuing entity because of information asymmetries and principal agent problems.
Cinquegrana, Piero.
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Does Europe Need Its Own Rating Agencies? [PDF]
Monetary unions generally boost financial markets. But European private capital markets have progressed at an unsatisfactory pace even with the euro. What accounts for this? We focus on an increasingly key financial infrastructure: Rating Agencies (RAs).
Punziana Lacuitignola, Giovanni Ferri
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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
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Emergence of Rating Agencies: Implications for Establishing a Regional Rating Agency in Asia [PDF]
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 entrant into the credit rating
Liu, Li-Gang, Tsai, Ying Yi
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Credit Rating As a Factor of Stability in the Global Capital Market
Economic Analysis, 2014 Credit rating has an outstanding importance on the capital market. Opinions and assessments of rating agencies help us to improve growth, stability and efficiency of international and domestic markets, which now include over 80 trillion dollars of rated ...
Ismail Musabegović +2 more
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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
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