Do personal connections improve sovereign credit ratings?
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Yn: Finance Research Letters, Cyfrol 33, 101194, 03.2020.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - Do personal connections improve sovereign credit ratings?
AU - Klusak, Patricia
AU - Thornton, John
AU - Uymaz, Yurtsev
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Information asymmetries
KW - Personal connections
KW - Sovereign credit ratings
U2 - 10.1016/j.frl.2019.05.012
DO - 10.1016/j.frl.2019.05.012
M3 - Article
VL - 33
JO - Finance Research Letters
JF - Finance Research Letters
SN - 1544-6123
M1 - 101194
ER -