Sovereign Debt and Credit Rating Bias

1. Credit Rating Agencies as Gatekeepers
David F. Tennant, Marlon R. Tracey

2. Establishing the Determinants of Sovereign Debt Ratings: Is There Really Room for Bias?
David F. Tennant, Marlon R. Tracey

3. Resilience in Spite of Controversy: Conditions for Bias in the Credit Rating Industry
David F. Tennant, Marlon R. Tracey

4. Trends in Sovereign Debt Ratings: Are There any Preliminary Signs of Bias?
David F. Tennant, Marlon R. Tracey

5. Introducing Greater Rigor— Methodological Approach
David F. Tennant, Marlon R. Tracey

6. Are Poorer Countries Disadvantaged by the CRAs? Empirically Establishing a Bias
David F. Tennant, Marlon R. Tracey

7. Now That We Have Found Bias, What Are We Going to Do with It?
David F. Tennant, Marlon R. Tracey

Keywords: Finance, Risk Management, Banking, Public Finance, Business Finance, Accounting/Auditing, Development Economics