Ordered Response Models for Sovereign Debt Ratings
JOURNAL
YEAR
Sep 21, 2009
TYPE
Articles in journals
AUTHORS
Afonso, A., Rother, P., Gomes, P.
VOL Nº
16
PAGES
4
ABSTRACT
Using ordered logit and probit plus random effects ordered probit approaches, we study the determinants of sovereign debt ratings. We found that the last procedure is the best for panel data as it takes into account the additional cross-section error.
JEL CLASS
KEYWORDS
Ordered probit,Ordered logit,Random-effects ordered probit,Sovereign rating