Using Credit Ratings for Capital Requirementson Lending to Emerging Market Economies : Possible Impact of a New Basel Accord /

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has proposed linking capital requirements for bank loans to ratings by commercial credit rating agencies. Estimates for 20 emerging market economies show that sovereign ratings react procyclically to crisis indicators. Ratings deteriorate if the real effect...

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Auteur principal: Mulder, Christian
Autres auteurs: Monfort, Brieuc
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/069
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF