Article proposes comparative studies of credit ratings of the leading Russian and international rating agencies. We analyze approaches and the possibility of comparison of agencies’ rating scales. Purpose of this analysis is to propose method and describe the criteria for comparison of rating...

Russian Abstract: Основными целями исследования являлись: анализ различных методов оценки вероятности дефолта инвестиционных проектов; практическое применение одного...

The rating agencies were emerged by the demand from market economy. Such agencies take the job of independent evaluation of the firms' financial strength, which allow firms decrease their expenses on their own market monitoring. It is extremely important with increasing number of potential...

Russian Abstract: «Эффект размера» до сих пор остается одной из загадок рынков капитала. Данный эффект впервые был обнаружен Банзом [Banz, 1981] при тестировании модели...