This paper examines the issues of the aggregation and comparison of the credit ratings of various economic agents for risk management purposes in a commercial bank. The empirical results of the study make it possible to increase the assessment of credit risks based on the constructed system of...

Kredit und Kreditrisiko -- Kreditderivate -- Der Credit Default Swap (CDS) -- Externes Rating, CDS und Informationseffi zienz -- Asymmetrische Informationsverteilung am CDS-Markt -- CDS-, Anleihe- und Aktienmarkt -- Empirische Untersuchung zum Zusammenhang des CDS— und Aktienmarktes sowie zur...

We study specialized lending in a credit market competition model with private information. Two banks, equipped with similar data processing systems, possess "general" signals regarding the borrower's quality. However, the specialized bank gains an additional advantage through further...

It is a matter of debate in how far credit ratings contribute to allocative efficiency or to excessive volatility of asset prices and cross-border capital flows. Yet it is generally taken for granted that ratings play a significant role in the transnationalization of financial relations. This...

Ratings in emerging markets can serve as part of the early warning systems to reflect the weak signals of potential risks to the entity from the environment. Emerging markets have specific features that rating agencies usually consider in judgments of their credit ratings. They are underpinned...