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Do Credit Rating Agencies Add Value? Evidence from the Sovereign Rating Business Institutions [PDF]
If rating agencies add no new information to markets, their actions are not a public policy concern. But as rating changes may be anticipated, testing whether ratings add value is not straightforward.
Andrew Powell +2 more
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Sovereign ratings and finance ministers’ characteristics
, 2019 This paper empirically assesses the effect of a newly-compiled set of finance ministers´ characteristics on the setting by rating agencies of the long-term sovereign rating notations. Using a sample of 26 EU countries between 1980-2012, we find that the existence of more focused delegation-oriented fiscal framework, the Minister of Finance being a ...
Afonso, António, Jalles, João Tovar
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee +3 more
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Selection in Unsolicited Ratings: the Case of the Sovereign Debt Market [PDF]
, 2017 This paper aims at contributing to the debate on whether unsolicited ratings are strategically motivated. I present evidence from the sovereign debt market that strategic motivation is not necessarily behind the patterns that we see in the data and ...
Gibert, Anna
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European versus Anglo-Saxon credit view: Evidence from the eurozone sovereign debt crisis
, 2016 We analyse whether different levels of country ties to Europe among the rating agencies Moody's, S&P, and Fitch affect the assignment of sovereign credit ratings, using the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis of 2009-2012 as a natural laboratory. We find that
Altdörfer, Marc +3 more
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Would an earlier inception of OMT by the ECB have prevented the 2012 Greek default?
International Review of Economics & FinanceTo avert further debt crises following the Greek default of 2012, the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted outright purchases of sovereign bonds as part of its monetary policy regime. This paper examines whether an earlier inception of such purchases (OMT)
Nicolas Mäder
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Do sovereign ratings cause instability in cross-border emerging CDS markets?
International Review of Economics and Finance, 2020 Laura Ballester, Ana González-Urteaga
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Structural biology of ferritin nanocages
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
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Sovereign Bonds and Socially Responsible Investment [PDF]
While the literature on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) is mainly focused on the stock market, little attention has been paid to SRI in sovereign bonds.
Bastien Drut
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
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