Discussion paper

DP9665 Sovereign credit ratings in the European Union: a model-based fiscal analysis

We propose a model-based measure of sovereign credit ratings derived solely from the fiscal position of a country: a forecast of its future debt liabilities, and its potential to use tax policy to repay these. We use this measure to calculate credit ratings for fourteen European countries over the period 1995-2012. This measure identifies a European sovereign debt crisis almost two years before the official ratings of the credit rating agencies.

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Citation

Wickens, M and V Polito (2013), ‘DP9665 Sovereign credit ratings in the European Union: a model-based fiscal analysis‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 9665. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp9665