01925cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007702 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451849059 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Mulder, Christian. Using Credit Ratings for Capital Requirementson Lending to Emerging Market Economies : Possible Impact of a New Basel Accord / Christian Mulder, Brieuc Monfort. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (45 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 The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has proposed linking capital requirements for bank loans to ratings by commercial credit rating agencies. Estimates for 20 emerging market economies show that sovereign ratings react procyclically to crisis indicators. Ratings deteriorate if the real effective exchange rate depreciates, in contrast with the positive effect on overall debt service capacity depreciations are normally supposed to have. Simulations show that linking capital requirements to ratings would have drastically increased these requirements during the crisis periods after decreasing them in the run up to the crises. Simulations suggest modest efficiency gains of using sovereign credit ratings for capital requirements on emerging market lending. Mode of access: Internet Monfort, Brieuc. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/069 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2000/069/001.2000.issue-069-en.xml IMF e-Library