Courage to Capital? A Model of the Effects of Rating Agencies on Sovereign Debt Role-over [PDF]
We propose a model of rating agencies that is an application of global game theory in which heterogeneous investors act strategically. The model allows us to explore the impact of the introduction of a rating agency on financial markets.
Galina B. Hale, Mark A. Carlson
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Crises and rating agencies: On the effect of aggregate uncertainty on rating agencies' incentives to distort ratings [PDF]
, 2015 We analyze a rating agency's incentives to distort ratings in a model with a monopolistic profit maximizing rating agency, a continuum of heterogeneous firms, and a competitive market of risk-neutral investors.
Loerke, Petra, Niedermayer, Andreas
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Does the disclosure of unsolicited sovereign rating status affect bank ratings? [PDF]
, 2016 This paper integrates three themes on regulation, unsolicited credit ratings, and the sovereign-bank rating ceiling. We reveal an unintended consequence of the EU rating agency disclosure rules upon rating changes, using data for S&P-rated banks in 42 ...
Alsakka, Rasha +2 more
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes +3 more
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Rating Shopping and Rating Inflation: Empirical Evidence from Israel [PDF]
The collapse of structured bond ratings during the 2007-2008 financial crisis called attention to the possibility of rating inflation due to lowered rating standards and rating shopping.
Inna Bakalyar, Koresh Galil
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe +3 more
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ESG-Ratings: Nonparametric Methods of Construction
Управленческое консультированиеMany of the largest Russian companies are evaluated by international financial institutions or rating agencies in terms of their influence on ESG factors that take into account environmental issues, interaction with society and corporate governance. Such
A. V. Yurkov, Zh. R. Babaeva
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Rating in Microfinance: Cross Country Evidence [PDF]
This paper focuses on the ability of microfinance rating agencies to impose market discipline on microfinance institutions by rating these organizations' performance.
Hartarska, Valentina M.
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Fetal Brain Tumor Harboring a Unique ROCK1::BRAF Fusion
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Marllon Cindra Sant'Ana +8 more
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The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
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