Shadow Sovereign Ratings for Unrated Developing Countries

Shadow Sovereign Ratings for Unrated Developing Countries

The authors attempt to predict sovereign ratings for developing countries that do not have risk ratings from agencies such as Fitch, Moody's, and Standard and Poor's. Ratings affect capital flows to developing countries through internatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ratha, Dilip, De, Prabal, Mohapatra, Sanket
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTUAL DEBT BANK LENDING BENCHMARK BONDS BORROWING BORROWING COSTS BUDGET BALANCE CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS COMMERCIAL BANKS COUNTRY RISK COUNTRY RISK RATINGS CREDIT MARKET CREDITORS CREDITWORTHINESS CROSS-SECTION DATA CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE DEBT DEBT BURDEN DEBT BURDENS DEBT CRISIS DEBT DEFAULTS DEBT INTOLERANCE DEBT OBLIGATIONS DEBT RATIO DEBT RESTRUCTURING DEBT SERVICE DEFAULT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMETRIC MODEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH PROSPECTS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUITY CAPITAL EQUITY MARKETS EXCHANGE RATES EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL DEBT BURDEN EXTERNAL DEBT SERVICE EXTERNAL LIQUIDITY EXTERNAL OBLIGATIONS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL STRUCTURES FORECASTS FOREIGN CURRENCY DEBT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT DEBT GROWTH RATE HIGH CORRELATION HIGHLY INDEBTED COUNTRY INCOME INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL DEBT LINEAR REGRESSION LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CRISIS LOAN MARKETS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POOR COUNTRY PRIVATE DEBT PRIVATE DEBT FLOWS PRIVATE SECTOR PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SECTOR REAL GDP REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION MODELS REGRESSION RESULTS REGRESSION SAMPLE RISK EVALUATION RISK PREMIUM SAVINGS SECURITIES SECURITIZATION SHORT TERM DEBT SHORT-TERM DEBT SOVEREIGN BOND SOVEREIGN BONDS SOVEREIGN BORROWERS SOVEREIGN DEFAULT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7746920/shadow-sovereign-ratings-unrated-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7448

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7746920/shadow-sovereign-ratings-unrated-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7448

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