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Credit risk rating at large U.S. banks [PDF]
Large banks use internally developed credit rating systems to differentiate the riskiness of their commercial loans. Internal ratings are an essential ingredient of effective credit risk management for such banks, whose commercial borrowers may number in
Mark S. Carey, William F. Treacy
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Credit Ratings, Credit Default Swaps and Credit Correlation
, 2012 This thesis looks at the statistical interaction of credit ratings and Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads. Both have been implicated as major contributors to the financial crises of 2007-present. The body of work contained herein looks to further our understanding of their relationship and in doing so, I make three empirical contributions to the fields ...
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Unlocking fruit dimensions: Quantification of functional traits driving plant–frugivore interactions
Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Fleshy fruits attract animals to ingest fruit, swallow the seeds, and release them in the landscape, thus facilitating seed dispersal and plant regeneration. Attraction of animal dispersers is achieved via attractants such as color or scent, and rewards like sugars, lipids, and micronutrients.
Linh M. N. Nguyen +4 more
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Research on the effect of multiple credit ratings from the perspective of financial regulatory systems in Chinese bond market. [PDF]
PLoS OneZhou X, Wang H, Zhang L.
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Solicited and Unsolicited Credit Ratings: A Global Perspective [PDF]
We conducted a global study of the long-term issuer ratings of nonfinancial firms from Standard and Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) for the period 1998–2003.
Chan, Kam C., Poon, Winnie P. H.
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Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Seed dispersal is a critical process for plant community assembly; however, natural rates of seed arrival are rarely quantified compared with other assembly mechanisms, especially in herbaceous communities. Methods Here we compare the utility of artificial grass carpet squares (“artificial grass”) for capturing seed rain with classic ...
Lauren L. Sullivan +3 more
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A Simple Continuous Measure of Credit Risk [PDF]
This paper introduces a simple continuous measure of credit risk that associates to each firm a risk parameter related to the firm's risk-neutral default intensity.
Hans Byström, Oh-Kang Kwon
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The ray‐finned fishes include one out of every two species of living vertebrates on Earth and have an abundant fossil record stretching 380 million years into the past. The division of systematic knowledge of ray‐finned fishes between paleontologists working on extinct animals and neontologists studying extant species has obscured the ...
Jack Stack
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The internal crest anatomy of Lambeosaurini (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The supracranial crests of lambeosaurine hadrosaurids have long been a focus of study due primarily to their extreme morphology. The external anatomy of lambeosaurine crests is understood to be highly variable between species, but variation in their internal anatomy is less well understood.
Thomas W. Dudgeon +2 more
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Democratization’s Risk Premium: Partisan and Opportunistic Political Business Cycle Effects on Sovereign Ratings in Developing Countries [PDF]
We use partisan and opportunistic political business cycle (“PBC”) considerations to develop a framework for explaining election-period decisions by credit rating agencies (“agencies”) publishing developing country sovereign risk-ratings (“ratings”).
Burkhard N. Schrage +2 more
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