Do personal connections improve sovereign credit ratings?

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  • Patricia Klusak
    University of East Anglia
  • John Thornton
    Office of Technical Assistance, US Department of the Treasury
  • Yurtsev Uymaz
    University of East Anglia
In a large sample of sovereign debt issues, we show that a personal connection between senior executives in credit rating agencies and leading politicians in the sovereign results in an improved rating. A test on bond yields suggest that the personal connection reflects a favorable treatment of the issuer.

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Rhif yr erthygl101194
CyfnodolynFinance Research Letters
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Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar20 Mai 2019
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