Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 391 - 404 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.20409/berj.2019.175 İndeks Tarihi: 20-01-2020

Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method

Öz:
The three main credit rating agencies, Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s andFitch, use a combination of economic, social and political factors to determine thecapacity and current and future debt obligation of countries. This study contributes toliterature in two ways. The first one is comparison of results obtained by rating countrieson various macroeconomic variables using credit scores given by the three main creditrating agencies and using the MOORA method. The second one is the determination ofhow optimistic or pessimistic country-based results the three main credit rating agenciesyield according to their estimates by macroeconomic variables. Among the three ratingagencies, Moody’s make the most optimistic estimates in terms of its rating of countries.Moody’s is followed by Standard and Poor’s, and the credit rating agencies that makethe most pessimistic estimates is observed to be Fitch.
Anahtar Kelime:

Konular: İş İşletme İktisat İşletme Finans
Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık
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APA GÜNEREN GENÇ E, DENİZ BAŞAR Ö (2019). Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method. , 391 - 404. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
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IEEE GÜNEREN GENÇ E,DENİZ BAŞAR Ö "Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method." , ss.391 - 404, 2019. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
ISNAD GÜNEREN GENÇ, Elif - DENİZ BAŞAR, ÖZLEM. "Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method". (2019), 391-404. https://doi.org/10.20409/berj.2019.175
APA GÜNEREN GENÇ E, DENİZ BAŞAR Ö (2019). Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method. Business and Economics Research Journal, 10(2), 391 - 404. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
Chicago GÜNEREN GENÇ Elif,DENİZ BAŞAR ÖZLEM Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method. Business and Economics Research Journal 10, no.2 (2019): 391 - 404. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
MLA GÜNEREN GENÇ Elif,DENİZ BAŞAR ÖZLEM Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method. Business and Economics Research Journal, vol.10, no.2, 2019, ss.391 - 404. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
AMA GÜNEREN GENÇ E,DENİZ BAŞAR Ö Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method. Business and Economics Research Journal. 2019; 10(2): 391 - 404. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
Vancouver GÜNEREN GENÇ E,DENİZ BAŞAR Ö Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method. Business and Economics Research Journal. 2019; 10(2): 391 - 404. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
IEEE GÜNEREN GENÇ E,DENİZ BAŞAR Ö "Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method." Business and Economics Research Journal, 10, ss.391 - 404, 2019. 10.20409/berj.2019.175
ISNAD GÜNEREN GENÇ, Elif - DENİZ BAŞAR, ÖZLEM. "Comparison of Country Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies with MOORA Method". Business and Economics Research Journal 10/2 (2019), 391-404. https://doi.org/10.20409/berj.2019.175