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Modeling and Estimating Shadow Sovereign Ratings

open access: yesContemporary Economics, 2015
This paper describes and evaluates “shadow” sovereign credit ratings, which represent the credit ratings of countries that are not rated by credit rating agencies. Credit ratings represent the creditworthiness of companies or governments. They are important in attracting foreign capital.
Ivanovic, Zoran   +2 more
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Determinants of sovereign credit ratings: Evidence from CEE countries

open access: yesEkonomski Vjesnik, 2018
The goal of this paper is investigating determinants of the sovereign credit ratings in Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC). Sovereign credit ratings are important to determine a country’s financial ability to meet its obligations.
Hrvoje Jošić, Danijel Mlinarić
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Assessing methodology of banks' ratings and their competitive positions: overview of main rating agencies

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Economics, 2020
This paper analyzes methodologies of credit rating assessment of major rating agencies, with the focus on Fitch Ratings (Fitch). The methodology data were collected from Fitch Ratings.
Elena M. Grigorieva, Darko Vukovic
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Examining the Behavior of Credit Rating Agencies Post 2008 Economic Turmoil

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management and Economics, 2017
The demand for sovereign ratings has increased throughout last decades. Until the1990’s, credit rating agencies (CRAs) did not rate most of the emerging markets and the focus was almost only on developed countries, however, during this decade the number ...
Uslu Çağrı L.
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A proposed quantitative credit-rating methodology for South African provincial departments

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2016
The development of subnational credit-rating methodologies affords benefits for subnationals, the sovereign and its citizens. Trusted credit ratings facilitate access to financial markets and above-average ratings allow for the negotiation of better ...
Erika Fourie   +2 more
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Moody’s credit ratings and the stock market performance of Portuguese rated firms [PDF]

open access: yes
Never has the issue of sovereign credit ratings attracted such an interest by policy and opinion makers, bankers and journalists, or even the public opinion, as witnessed in the last couple of years.
Pacheco, Luis
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DETERMINANTS OF SOVEREIGN BONDS RATINGS: A ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of Economic Research, 2016
ABSTRACTSeveral studies have attempted to deduce the determinants of sovereign bond ratings. In this study, Extreme Bounds Analysis is applied to approximately 30 factors proposed by the literature in order to assess their robustness with a focus on the relative importance that economic and political variables receive in the shaping of the ratings.
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Are Sovereign Credit Ratings Overrated? [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Economic Studies, 2017
In this paper we examine the relevance of changes in sovereign credit rating for the borrowing cost of EU countries. Our results indicate that discretionary credit rating announcements are only of limited economic importance for the borrowing cost of these countries.
Davor Kunovac, Rafael Ravnik
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