01532cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007483 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451846522 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. The Relative Importance of Political and Economic Variables in Creditworthiness Ratings. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (13 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This study examines the relative importance of political and economic variables in the determination of a country's standing in credit ratings provided by commercial rating agencies. It finds that creditworthiness appears to be determined primarily by economic variables. While including political events can improve the explanatory power of the regressions, the exclusion of political variables does not bias the parameter estimates for the effects of economic variables. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/046 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1998/046/001.1998.issue-046-en.xml IMF e-Library