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A novel investigation of the influence of corporate governance on firms' credit ratings. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Corporate governance is the way of governing a firm in order to increase its accountability and to avoid any massive damage before it occurs. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of capital structure, firms' size, and competitive advantages
Abdullah A K Alkhawaldeh +3 more
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Do hostile takeover threats matter? Evidence from credit ratings. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Exploiting a novel measure of takeover vulnerability mainly based on state legislations, we explore the effect of hostile takeover threats on credit ratings.
Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard +2 more
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Modelling sovereign credit ratings and assessing the impartiality: A case study of China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The post-COVID-19 era presents a looming threat of global debt, elevating concerns regarding sovereign credit ratings worldwide. This study develops a new index system, divides the rating variables into long- and short-term factors, performs rating ...
Min Su
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Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance on Its Credit Ratings [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 This study reviews the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate governance on its credit rating. The result of regression analysis to credit ratings with relevant primary independent variables shows that both factors have significant
Dong-young Kim, JeongYeon Kim
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Determination of Sovereign Credit Rating Model for European Countries [PDF]
Financial Markets, Institutions and Risks, 2021 Credit rating agencies play a key role in financial markets, as they help to reduce asymmetric information among market participants via credit ratings. The credit ratings determined by the credit rating agencies reflect the opinion of whether a country ...
Isik Akin
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Do Sustainability Risks Affect Credit Ratings? Evidence from European Banks [PDF]
Amfiteatru Economic, 2022 Targets defined in accordance with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria confront the business world, particularly the banking industry, with new challenges.
Reyes Samaniego-Medina +1 more
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An Analysis of Bank Financial Strength Ratings and Credit Rating Data
Risks, 2021 In this study, data from two credit rating agencies are analyzed to consider how different Bank Financial Strength Ratings and Credit Ratings from two rating agencies compare.
John A. Ruddy
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Credit Ratings and Credit Risk [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 This paper investigates the information in corporate credit ratings. We examine the extent to which firms' credit ratings measure raw probability of default as opposed to systematic risk of default, a firm's tendency to default in bad times. We find that credit ratings are dominated as predictors of corporate failure by a simple model based on publicly
Jens Hilscher, Mungo Wilson
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De toegevoegde waarde van credit ratings [PDF]
MAB, 2006 Credit ratings zijn een onbegrepen fenomeen in de hedendaagse fi nanciële markten. Het belang van ratings in de praktijk lijkt onomstreden. Tegelijkertijd is de academische literatuur uitermate sceptisch over het belang van credit ratings.
Arnoud W. A. Boot
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The Impact of ESG Ratings on Trade Credit Financing [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 Using a sample of Chinese listed companies from 2009 to 2020, this study investigates the impact of ESG ratings of listed companies on corporate trade credit financing.
Wu Xuesha
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