Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Book
Chapter 2: General Sample and General Methodology
Chapter 3: Sovereign Credit Universe
Chapter 4: Macroeconomic Environment of Sovereign Default
Chapter 5: The History of Sovereign Ratings and the Eergence of the Three Major Sovereign Credit Agencies
Chapter 6: Agencies Methodology to Sovereign Default Assessment
Chapter 7: Testing the Accuracy of Agencies’ Approach to Assessing Sovereign Worthiness
Chapter 8: Subjectivity and Asymmetry, Why Accuracy in Sovereign Ratings Should Not Be Expected
Chapter 9: Disclosure and Transparency, the Quest of Accuracy in the Sovereign Ratings
Chapter 10: Concluding Remarks, Sovereign Creditworthiness Accuracy
Data Appendices A-C
Biography
Professor Ahmed Naciri is a Researcher and author at the University of Québec in Montreal. Awarded best researcher of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. Founder of the International Centre for Governance, he advises governments and institutions (including the US Security Exchange Commission) in issues of best practices in public finance and governance.
