Essays about: "rating inflation"

Found 4 essays containing the words rating inflation.

  1. 1. Financial Strategies of Real Estate Companies in Sweden : Navigating Economic Cycles

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Olivia Nygren; Malin Lagerholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Real Estate; Economic Downturn; Financial Strategy; Fastigheter; Konjunkturnedgång; Finansiell strategi;

    Abstract : The real estate sector has been heavily impacted by rising inflation and subsequent interest rate increases. This is placing pressure on all real estate companies with higher levels of debt. The rising interest rates are leading to increased costs and making it more challenging for these companies to refinance their loans. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Impact of the Recession on Swedish Real Estate Companies : A Study of Financial Strategy and Risk Management of Companies with Different Credit Ratings

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Greta Aronsson; Elsa Johannessen; [2023]
    Keywords : Credit Rating; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Capital Structure; Capital Market Financing; Bank Financing; Real Estate Market; Kreditbetyg; Finansiell strategi; Riskhantering; Kapitalstruktur; Kapitalmarknadsfinansiering; Bankfinansiering; Fastighetsmarknaden;

    Abstract : The world's economies are in a turbulent phase where rising inflation has hit the global and Swedish economy hard. The Central Bank of Sweden has raised the policy rate expansively in recent months, with the intention of curbing inflation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Corporate Bond Credit Rating Biases: Issuance Frequency and Yield Spreads

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Axel Wikner; Samuel Marjamaa Hultgren; [2015]
    Keywords : corporate bonds; credit rating agencies; frequency; rating bias; rating inflation;

    Abstract : We investigate whether rating agencies (S&P, Moody's and Fitch) award firms who issue corporate bonds frequently, and thereby contributing substantially to rating agencies' revenues, by providing unjustifiably high rating assessments. We also investigate the same bias for firm size and issue size. READ MORE

  5. 4. On the Economic Sources of Changes in Credit Ratings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Robin Wilisoo; [2009]
    Keywords : risk management; Credit ratings; credit rating agencies; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the focus lies on the determinants of changes in credit ratings. Multiple regression is used to study the relation between credit ratings and a quantity of selected economic variables. The study is restricted to the US market and the ratings have been assigned by Moody’s during the period 1999-2008. READ MORE