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A Panel Ordered Response Model for Sovereign Credit ratings in Africa

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  • Ilse Botha
  • Marinda Pretorius

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In recent times there has been an increased focus on the myriad investment opportunites in Africa. According to Pricewater Coopers (2011:1) “the continent is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies and offer the highest risk-adjusted returns on foreign direct investment among emerging economies.†Sovereign credit ratings plays an imperative role in the decision-making […]

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  • Ilse Botha & Marinda Pretorius, 2014. "A Panel Ordered Response Model for Sovereign Credit ratings in Africa," Working Papers 464, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Oliver Takawira & John W. Muteba Mwamba, 2022. "Sovereign Credit Ratings Analysis Using the Logistic Regression Model," Risks, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-24, March.
    2. Arogundade, Sodiq & Biyase, Mduduzi & Eita, Joel Hinaunye, 2022. "Do Sovereign Credit Ratings Matter for Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Sub-Sahara African Countries," MPRA Paper 115404, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Athari, Seyed Alireza & Kondoz, Mehmet & Kirikkaleli, Dervis, 2021. "Dependency between sovereign credit ratings and economic risk: Insight from Balkan countries," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    4. Antonio Afonso & Joao Tovar Jalles, 2019. "Sovereign Ratings and Finance Ministers' Characteristics," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(4), pages 2999-3010.
    5. Oliver Takawira & John W. Muteba Mwamba, 2020. "Determinants of Sovereign Credit Ratings: An Application of the Naïve Bayes Classifier," Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, Eurasian Publications, vol. 8(4), pages 279-299.
    6. Šergo Zdravko & Gržinić Jasmina, 2018. "Does the International Tourism Industry Relax Sovereign Credit Ratings: The Case of Countries Most Reliant on Tourism," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 13(2), pages 100-111, December.

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    Keywords

    Africa; investment;

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    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems

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