Tran, Yen, Vu, Huong, Klusak, Patrycja, Kraemer, Moritz and Hoang, Tri (2021) 'Sovereign credit ratings during the COVID-19 pandemic.' International Review of Financial Analysis, 78. p. 101879.
Abstract
Using 603 sovereign rating actions by the three leading global rating agencies between January 2020 and March 2021, this paper shows that the severity of sovereign ratings actions is not directly affected by the intensity of the COVID-19 health crisis (proxied by case and mortality rates) but through a mechanism of its negative economic repercussions such as the economic outlook of a country and governments' response to the health crisis. Contrary to expectations, credit rating agencies pursued mostly a business-as-usual approach and reviewed sovereign ratings when they were due for regulatory purposes rather than in response to the rapid developments of the pandemic. Despite their limited reaction to the ongoing pandemic, sovereign rating news from S&P and Moody's still conveyed price-relevant information to the bond markets. [Abstract copyright: © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc.]
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Economic outlook, Rating calendars, Sovereign credit ratings, COVID-19 |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Economics School Research Centres > Centre for Sustainable Finance |
| ISSN: | 10575219 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101879 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2023 13:09 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/38537 |
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