Sovereign ratings have only recently regained attention in the academic debate. This seems to be somewhat surprising against the background that their influence is well-known and that rating decisions have often been criticized in the past (as for example during the Asian crisis in the 90s). Sovereign ratings do not only assess the creditworthiness of governments: They are also included in the calculation of ratings for sub-sovereign issuers whereby their rating is usually restricted to the upper bound of the sovereign rating (sovereign ceiling). Earlier studies have also shown that the downgrade of a sovereign often leads to contagion effects on neighbor countries. This study focuses first on misleading incentives in the rating industry be...
Sovereign credit rating closely measures a country’s international creditworthiness.Previous studies...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the significance of a set of macroeconomic variables in the...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the informative power of rating agencies in the pr...
Sovereign ratings have only recently regained attention in the academic debate. This seems to be som...
The sovereign rating business has developed very fast in the last two decades. The recent economic t...
Credit ratings have a key role in modern financial markets as they communicate crucial information o...
Sovereign rating has become a topic of major concern for the international financial community over ...
The study aims to quantitatively assess the extent to which sovereign ratings could be explained by ...
Credit rating agencies are frequently criticized for producing sovereign ratings that do not accurat...
In this article, we present the first systematic analysis of the sovereign credit ratings of the two...
Using a sample of 101 countries, over the period 1990 to 2006, we assess the relative credit-rating ...
This article explores the evolving function performed by credit rating agencies (CRAs) in sovereign ...
This paper asks whether rating agencies played a passive role or were an active driving force during...
This paper analyses the effects of sovereign rating actions on the credit ratings of banks in emergi...
Credit rating agencies play a key role in financial markets, as they help to reduce asymmetric infor...
Sovereign credit rating closely measures a country’s international creditworthiness.Previous studies...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the significance of a set of macroeconomic variables in the...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the informative power of rating agencies in the pr...
Sovereign ratings have only recently regained attention in the academic debate. This seems to be som...
The sovereign rating business has developed very fast in the last two decades. The recent economic t...
Credit ratings have a key role in modern financial markets as they communicate crucial information o...
Sovereign rating has become a topic of major concern for the international financial community over ...
The study aims to quantitatively assess the extent to which sovereign ratings could be explained by ...
Credit rating agencies are frequently criticized for producing sovereign ratings that do not accurat...
In this article, we present the first systematic analysis of the sovereign credit ratings of the two...
Using a sample of 101 countries, over the period 1990 to 2006, we assess the relative credit-rating ...
This article explores the evolving function performed by credit rating agencies (CRAs) in sovereign ...
This paper asks whether rating agencies played a passive role or were an active driving force during...
This paper analyses the effects of sovereign rating actions on the credit ratings of banks in emergi...
Credit rating agencies play a key role in financial markets, as they help to reduce asymmetric infor...
Sovereign credit rating closely measures a country’s international creditworthiness.Previous studies...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the significance of a set of macroeconomic variables in the...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the informative power of rating agencies in the pr...