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What “Hides” Behind Sovereign Debt Ratings? [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 In this paper we study the determinants of sovereign debt credit ratings using rating notations from the three main international rating agencies, for the period 1995-2005. We employ panel estimation and random effects ordered probit approaches to assess
António Afonso +2 more
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Do fiscal imbalances deteriorate sovereign debt ratings ? [PDF]
Revue économique, 2010 We use sovereign debt rating estimations from Afonso, Gomes and Rother (2009, 2011) for Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard & Poor’s, to assess to what extent the recent fiscal imbalances are being reflected on the sovereign debt notations.
Afonso , A. +7 more
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Shadow Sovereign Ratings [PDF]
Economic Premise, 2011 Sovereign ratings are a necessary condition for countries to fully access international capital. Even if the sovereign government is not issuing bonds, the sovereign rating often acts as a ceiling for the private sector and can influence its ...
Canuto, Otaviano +2 more
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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 ...
Eliasson, Ann-Charlotte
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The Home Bias in Sovereign Ratings [PDF]
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013 Credit rating agencies are frequently criticized for producing sovereign ratings that do not accurately reflect the economic and political fundamentals of rated countries. This article discusses how the home country of rating agencies could affect rating
Fuchs , Andreas, Gehring , Kai
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Ordered Response Models for Sovereign Debt Ratings [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 Using ordered logit and probit plus random effects ordered probit approaches, we study the determinants of sovereign debt ratings. We found that the last procedure is the best for panel data as it takes into account the additional cross-section error ...
António Afonso +2 more
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Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk [PDF]
Management Science, 2022 An increase in a country’s sovereign risk, as measured by credit default swap spreads, is accompanied by a contemporaneous depreciation of its currency and an increase of its volatility. The relation between currency excess returns and sovereign risk is mainly driven by default expectations (rather than distress risk premia) and exposure to global ...
Pasquale Della Corte +3 more
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Sovereign ceilings “lite”? The impact of sovereign ratings on corporate ratings [PDF]
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2013 Although credit rating agencies have gradually moved away from a policy of never rating a corporation above the sovereign (the ‘sovereign ceiling’), it appears that sovereign credit ratings remain a significant determinant of corporate credit ratings. We examine this link using data for advanced and emerging economies over the period of 1995–2009.
Borensztein, Eduardo +2 more
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Sovereign Credit Rating Mismatches [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 We study the factors behind split ratings in sovereign credit ratings from different agencies, for the period 1980-2015. We employ random effects ordered and simple probit approaches to assess the explanatory power of different macroeconomic, government and financial variables. Our results show that structural balances and the existence of a default in
Afonso, António +2 more
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Subjectivity in Sovereign Credit Ratings [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 Abstract A sovereign creditrating is a function of hard and soft information that should reflect the creditworthiness and the probability of default of a country. We propose an alternative characterisation for the subjective component of a sovereign credit rating – the parts related to the ratee’s lobbying effort or its familiarity from a United ...
De Moor, Lieven +3 more
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