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The impact of ESG factors on credit ratings: An empirical study of European banks

open access: yesInternational Review of Economics & Finance
This paper explores the impacts of ESG factors on credit ratings assigned by Moody's, S&P, and Fitch to 106 European listed banks over the period from 2019 to 2023.
Sheng-Li Chen, Dan-ni Wang, Hao-Wei Chen
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Rate expectations: what can and cannot be done about rating agencies [PDF]

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Credit rating agencies have been under the spotlight since the beginning of the current financial crisis. They failed in their assessment of US residential mortgage- based securities in the mid-2000s.
Nicolas Véron
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Empirical research on corporate credit-ratings: A literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We report on the current state and important older findings of empirical studies on corporate credit ratings and their relationship to ratings of other entities.
Matthies, Alexander B.
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Correlation Between Credit Rating and Macroeconomic Indicators: Case Study of South-East European Countries

open access: yesEconomic Analysis, 2016
Credit rating, as one of country risk indicators, plays an exceptionally important role in international capital markets – for creditors and investors as much as countries, industries and companies which require loans and investments.
Snježana Brkić   +2 more
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Addicted to Ratings: The Case for Reducing Governments’ Reliance on Credit Ratings [PDF]

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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
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CREDIT SCORE MIGRATION ANALYSIS OF FARM BUSINESSES: CONDITIONING ON BUSINESS CYCLES AND MIGRATION TRENDS [PDF]

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This study examines credit score migration rates of farm businesses. We test whether migration probabilities differ across business cycles. Our results suggest that agricultural credit ratings are more likely to improve during expansions and deteriorate ...
Katchova, Ani L., Phillips, Jill
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Do S&P's Corporate Ratings Reflect Credit Shocks? [PDF]

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Credit Ratings; Validation; Rating ...
Elsas, Ralf, Sabine, Mielert
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Reputation and competition: evidence from the credit rating industry [PDF]

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The credit rating industry has historically been dominated by just two agencies, Moody’s and S&P, leading to longstanding legislative and regulatory calls for increased competition.
Bo Becker, Todd Milbourn
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Rating the Rating Agencies [PDF]

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In this study, we begin by assessing the ability of sovereign credit ratings to anticipate crises. In addition, given the wave of sovereign credit ratings downgrades that have followed the crises in Asia, we investigate formally the extent to which ...
Goldstein, Morris   +2 more
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The Determinants of Credit Ratings in the United Kingdom Insurance Industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Executive Summary The Determinants of Credit Ratings in the United Kingdom Insurance Industry Academic researchers have devoted a considerable amount of attention to the activities of credit rating agencies over the past 20 years, focusing in ...
Adams, Mike   +2 more
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