Macroeconomic Aspects of Banks' Credit Ratings

• Autorzy: Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Research background: The practical analysis suggests that credit ratings are especially significant for banks. The literature review suggests that in previous analysis researchers usually took into consideration financial factors of the banks' credit ratings methodology. This article analyses the impact of macroeconomic factors on the banks' credit ratings.
Purpose of the article: The paper examines and analyses the impact of the macroeconomic risk factors on the credit ratings received by banks. In the article, the methodology of credit risk assessment proposed by Moody's Investor Service and Standard and Poor's Financial Service is presented. Two hypotheses are put herein. The first one is: Changes in countries' credit ratings convey new information and influence on banks' financial condition. The second hypothesis is: A highly-developed, stable economy with an advanced financial market has a positive influence on banks' credit rating assessment.
Methods: The study used banks' and countries' ratings assigned by Standard and Poor's and Moody's for the period from 1 January 2005 to 1 January 2016. To verify the hypotheses static panel data models have been applied.
Findings and Value added: In credit rating agencies guidelines and previous research, the impact of countries' credit ratings on those received by banks is not indicated. The impact of macroeconomic factors has not been verified. The analysis confirms that changes in countries' credit ratings convey new information and influence the banks' environment condition. But only for the assessment given by S and P the condition of banking sector is an important group of factors. For all verified types of credit ratings the risk of country is presented by countries' credit rating, not by particular factors. These analyses suggest that during the risk estimation process prepared by banks, a country's risk represented by its credit ratings should be taken into consideration more often than particular macroeconomic factors. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Banks; Credit; Rating; Credit rating

PL

Banki; Kredyt; Rating; Ocena zdolności kredytowej

• Czasopismo: Equilibrium
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 12
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 101--120

Twórcy

autor

Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska

• University of Warsaw, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24136/eq.v12i1.6