Do fiscal imbalances deteriorate sovereign debt ratings?

We use sovereign debt rating estimations from Afonso, Gomes and Rother (2009, 2010) for Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard & Poor’s, to assess to what extent the recent fiscal imbalances are being reflected on the sovereign debt notations. We use macro and fiscal data up to 2009, and macro and fiscal...

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Main Author: Afonso, António (author)
Other Authors: Gomes, Pedro (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2864
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2864