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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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Sovereign Credit Ratings Analysis Using the Logistic Regression Model
Risks, 2022 This study is an empirical analysis of sovereign credit ratings (SCR) in South Africa (SA) using Logistic Regression (LR) to identify their determinants and forecast SCRs.
Oliver Takawira, John W. Muteba Mwamba
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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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Sovereign ratings: Determinants and policy implications for India
IIMB Management Review, 2018 This paper studies sovereign rating models of Moody's, Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Fitch to identify important determinants of sovereign ratings. Ordered logit and probit are employed to check for robustness of empirical results.
Sanjay Sehgal +3 more
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A Novel IBA-DE Hybrid Approach for Modeling Sovereign Credit Ratings
Mathematics, 2022 Nowadays, the sovereign credit rating is not only an index of a country’s economic performance and political stability but also an overall indicator of development and growth, as well as the trust factor that is associated with the country.
Srđan Jelinek +4 more
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Informal Sector, ICT Dynamics, and the Sovereign Cost of Debt: A Machine Learning Approach
Computation, 2023 We examine the main effects of ICT penetration and the shadow economy on sovereign credit ratings and the cost of debt, along with possible second-order effects between the two variables, on a dataset of 65 countries from 2001 to 2016. The paper presents
Apostolos Kotzinos +2 more
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A motivation for banks in emerging economies to adapt agency ratings when assessing corporate credit
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2019 Background: This article considers whether South African banks should utilise the credit ratings provided by US-based credit rating agencies when assessing the creditworthiness of corporate borrowers.
Tanja Verster +4 more
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Do Fiscal Imbalances Deteriorate Sovereign Debt Ratings ? [PDF]
Revue économique, 2010 Résumé Nous utilisons les estimations de notation souveraine de Afonso, Gomes et Rother [2009, 2011] pour examiner que les déséquilibres budgétaires récents expliquent les notations souveraines des États. À l’aide de données macroéconomiques et budgétaires passées (jusqu’en 2009) et des projections jusqu’en 2012, nous calculons la note qui devrait être
António Afonso, Pedro Gomes
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BAR: Brazilian Administration Review, 2023 This study analyzed the effects of sovereign rating and corporate governance (CG) on the capital structure of Latin American companies. A multilevel regression model was used for 823 companies listed on major Latin American stock exchanges over the ...
Duterval Jesuka +1 more
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KEY DETERMINANTS OF LITHUANIA’S SOVEREIGN CREDIT RATING
Ekonomika, 2011 The topic concerning the determinants affecting sovereign credit ratings of a country became extremely relevant after the recent economic turbulence which brought relentless downgrades, especially for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries in their
Aušra Pačebutaitė
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