Sovereign Debt and Rating Agency Bias

Sovereign Debt and Credit Rating Bias investigates rating agencies' assignments of sovereign debt upgrades and downgrades to examine the pervasive allegations of systemic differences in rigor and accuracy of ratings ascribed to developed and developing countries.

Author: D. Tennant, M. Tracey
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: 12/03/2015
Pages: 125
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9781137397102
ISBN10: 1137397101
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Finance | General
- Business & Economics | Insurance | Risk Assessment & Management
- Business & Economics | International | General

About the Author
David F. Tennant is Professor of Development Finance in the Department of Economics and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He was previously Economist in the Financial Regulations Division of the Jamaican Ministry of Finance and Planning.

Marlon R. Tracey is a doctoral student in his final year of studying labor economics and applied econometrics in the Department of Economics at Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA. He was previously Lecturer of Statistics and Statistics Coordinator in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.