This paper investigates the incentive of credit rating agencies (CRAs) to bias ratings using a semiparametric, ordered-response model. The proposed model explicitly takes conflicts of interest into account and allows the ratings to depend flexibly on risk attributes through a semiparametric...

Investor concerns about climate and other environmental regulatory risks suggest that these risks should affect corporate bond risk assessment and pricing. We test this hypothesis and find that firms with poor environmental profiles or high carbon footprints tend to have lower credit ratings and...

Machine generated contents note: About the Authors Acknowledgments Preface Part I: The Economic and Legal Framework of Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Chapter 1: Corporate Financial Distress: Introduction and Statistical Background Chapter 2: An Introduction to Leveraged Finance Chapter...

Kreditinstitute werden heute vor die Herausforderung gestellt, einen effektiven und effizienten Risikomanagementprozess zu etablieren. Insbesondere bei der Bewertung von Unternehmensanleihen und Krediten wird diese Notwendigkeit deutlich. Die Arbeit greift diese Problemstellung auf, indem ein...

The risk-taking effects of low interest rates, now prevailing in many advanced countries, "search-for-yield," can be hard to analyze due to both a paucity of data and challenges in identification. Unique, security-level data on portfolio investment into the United States allow us to overcome...