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Politicians and sovereign credit ratings

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Using a unique hand collected sample of professional connections between finance ministers and the directors and top executives of the three largest credit rating agencies for 38 European sovereigns between January 2000 and November 2017, we show that professional connections result in higher sovereign ratings.
Patrycja Klusak, Yurtsev Uymaz, Rasha Alsakka   +2 more
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Determinants of Estonian sovereign credit rating [PDF]

, 2001
The paper focuses on sovereign credit ratings assigned to Estonia and analyses their possible determinants. The first chapter gives an overview of different rating agencies and the methodology they use in rating process. Besides that the interpretation, comparability and explanatory power of different ratings are analysed.
Andres Vesilind, Ingrid Toming, Raoul Lättemäe   +2 more
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Factors affecting sovereign credit ratings

Экономика и предпринимательство, 2020
Рейтинговые агентства играют важную роль на финансовых рынках. Кредитный рейтинг определяет процентную ставку, по которой страны могут занимать средства на международных финансовых рынках. Современные исследования показывают, что влияние суверенных кредитных рейтингов выходит далеко за рамки государственных долговых обязательств, поскольку они ...
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Which factors determine sovereign credit ratings?

The European Journal of Finance, 2006
Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of the sovereign credit ratings provided by the three major rating agencies: Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and Standard and Poor. A principal component analysis is employed in order to identify the common factors affecting these ratings. The impact of the variables correlated with these factors
Constantin Mellios, Eric Paget-Blanc
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Updated Methodology for Assigning Credit Ratings to Sovereigns

2021
"The investment of foreign exchange reserves or other asset portfolios requires an assessment of the credit quality of investment counterparties. Traditionally, foreign exchange reserve and other asset managers relied on credit rating agencies (CRAs) as the main source of information for credit assessments.
McDaniels, Karim, Palesch, Nico, Suri, Sanjam, Quiviger, Zacharie, Walsh, John   +4 more
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Methodology for Assigning Credit Ratings to Sovereigns

2017
Le placement des réserves de change ou d’autres portefeuilles d’actifs nécessite au préalable une évaluation de la qualité du crédit des contreparties aux opérations de placement. En règle générale, les gestionnaires d’actifs et de réserves de change recourent aux cotes de crédit attribuées par les agences de notation.
Muller, Philippe, Bourque, Jérôme
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Sovereign credit ratings [PDF]

, 2002
This paper describes sovereign credit ratings in emerging markets both for a specific year and over time, using quantitative explanatory variables. It turns out that rating adjustments have been worse than what economic fundamentals justify for some countries and also more frequently altered, questioning the long-term properties of sovereign ratings ...
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Are China’s sovereign credit ratings underestimated?

Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2011
We use a comprehensive database of sovereign credit ratings (SCRs) from Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch for a cross-section of 120 countries from 1986–2009. Using panel data, we find that GDP per capita, the GDP growth rate and the degree of industrialization positively affect ratings, while the government cash flow deficit, the current account ...
Ke Chen, Cheng Cheng, Shenggang Yang
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Sovereign Credit Ratings: Guilty beyond Reasonable Doubt?

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004
This paper questions the view that credit rating agencies aggravated the East Asian crisis by excessively downgrading those countries. I find that ratings are, if anything, sticky rather than excessively procyclical. Assigned ratings exceeded predicted ratings in the run up to the crisis, mostly matched predicted ratings during the crisis period, and ...
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Institutional Environment and Sovereign Credit Ratings

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
We use a sample of 86 counties to examine the cross-sectional determinants of sovereign credit ratings. We find that the quality of a country's legal and political institutions plays a vital role in determining these ratings. A one-standard-deviation increase in our legal environment index results in an average credit rating increase of 0.466 standard ...
Alexander W. Butler, Larry Fauver
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