This paper estimates ordered logit and probit regression models for bank ratings which also include a country index to … bank ratings assigned by Fitch Ratings are underpinned by fundamental quantitative financial analyses. Also, there is … strong evidence of a country effect. Our model is shown to provide accurate predictions of bank ratings for the period prior …

We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our … assigned lower ratings, ceteris paribus, than 'old' ones. We find that country-specific factors (in the form of heterogeneous … intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. Whilst 'new' EU countries typically have lower ratings than 'old' ones, after …

This paper estimates ordered logit and probit regression models for bank ratings which also include a country index to … bank ratings assigned by Fitch Ratings are underpinned by fundamental quantitative financial analyses. Also, there is … strong evidence of a country effect. Our model is shown to provide accurate predictions of bank ratings for the period prior …

We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our … lower ratings, ceteris paribus, than old ones. We find that country-specific factors (in the form of heterogeneous … intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. Whilst new EU countries typically have lower ratings than old ones, after …

Credit ratings are ordinal predictions for the default risk of an obligor. To evaluate the accuracy of such predictions … dataset. All procedures are illustrated in the empirical section using a dataset of S&P Long Term Credit Ratings. …

This paper analyzes alternative models for emerging sovereign ratings. Although a small number of economic fundamentals … explain ratings reasonably well, variations in those economic fundamentals are themselves explained by a small number of world … explain the significant spread compression at the end of 2006. To determine whether ratings matter for spreads, the paper …