What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"

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Main Author: Afonso, António
Publication Date: 2006
Other Authors: Gomes, Pedro, Rother, Philipp
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: In this paper we study the determinants of sovereign debt credit ratings using rating notations from the three main international rating agencies, for the period 1995-2005. We employ panel estimation and random effects ordered probit approaches to assess the explanatory power of several macroeconomic and public governance variables. Our results point to a good performance of the estimated models, across agencies and across the time dimension, as well as a good overall prediction power. Relevant explanatory variables for a country's credit rating are: GDP per capita, GDP growth, government debt, government effectiveness indicators, external debt, external reserves, and default history.
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spelling What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"Credit RatingsSovereign DebtRating AgenciesPanel DataRandom Effects Ordered ProbitIn this paper we study the determinants of sovereign debt credit ratings using rating notations from the three main international rating agencies, for the period 1995-2005. We employ panel estimation and random effects ordered probit approaches to assess the explanatory power of several macroeconomic and public governance variables. Our results point to a good performance of the estimated models, across agencies and across the time dimension, as well as a good overall prediction power. Relevant explanatory variables for a country's credit rating are: GDP per capita, GDP growth, government debt, government effectiveness indicators, external debt, external reserves, and default history.ISEG – Departamento de EconomiaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAfonso, AntónioGomes, PedroRother, Philipp2010-12-10T11:38:02Z20062006-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2657engAfonso, António, Pedro Gomes e Philipp Rother. 2006. "What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 35-2006/DE/UECE0874-4548info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2025-03-17T16:25:30Zoai:repositorio.ulisboa.pt:10400.5/2657Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-29T04:13:55.830579Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
title What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
spellingShingle What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
Afonso, António
Credit Ratings
Sovereign Debt
Rating Agencies
Panel Data
Random Effects Ordered Probit
title_short What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
title_full What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
title_fullStr What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
title_full_unstemmed What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
title_sort What 'hides' behind sovereign debt ratings?"
author Afonso, António
author_facet Afonso, António
Gomes, Pedro
Rother, Philipp
author_role author
author2 Gomes, Pedro
Rother, Philipp
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Afonso, António
Gomes, Pedro
Rother, Philipp
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Credit Ratings
Sovereign Debt
Rating Agencies
Panel Data
Random Effects Ordered Probit
topic Credit Ratings
Sovereign Debt
Rating Agencies
Panel Data
Random Effects Ordered Probit
description In this paper we study the determinants of sovereign debt credit ratings using rating notations from the three main international rating agencies, for the period 1995-2005. We employ panel estimation and random effects ordered probit approaches to assess the explanatory power of several macroeconomic and public governance variables. Our results point to a good performance of the estimated models, across agencies and across the time dimension, as well as a good overall prediction power. Relevant explanatory variables for a country's credit rating are: GDP per capita, GDP growth, government debt, government effectiveness indicators, external debt, external reserves, and default history.
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