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Short‐and long‐run determinants of sovereign debt credit ratings
| Resumo: | We study the determinants of sovereign debt ratings from the three main rating agencies, for the period 1995–2005. Using linear and ordered response models, we employ a specification that allows us to distinguish between short- and long-run effects, on a country’s rating, of macroeconomic and fiscal variables. Changes in GDP per capita, GDP growth, government debt, and government balance have a short-run impact on a country’s credit rating, while government effectiveness, external debt, foreign reserves, and default history are important long-run determinants. |
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| Autores principais: | Afonso, António |
| Outros Autores: | Gomes, Pedro; Rother, Philipp |
| Assunto: | Credit Ratings Sovereign Debt Rating Agencies Random Effects Ordered Probit |
| Ano: | 2011 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | We study the determinants of sovereign debt ratings from the three main rating agencies, for the period 1995–2005. Using linear and ordered response models, we employ a specification that allows us to distinguish between short- and long-run effects, on a country’s rating, of macroeconomic and fiscal variables. Changes in GDP per capita, GDP growth, government debt, and government balance have a short-run impact on a country’s credit rating, while government effectiveness, external debt, foreign reserves, and default history are important long-run determinants. |
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