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    • Estimating the weights assigned to determinants of emerging market sovereign ratings 

      Van den Berg, Margitte (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
      The recent global financial crisis uncovered numerous problems in the fundamental analytical structure and methodologies applied by the credit rating agencies. It reintroduced the debate concerning the accuracy, objectivity ...
    • The state of decoupling before and during the Great Recession 

      Claassen, Carike (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
      This thesis examines the decoupling debate, which gained special prominence during the Great Recession years. Since the credit crunch that started in 2007 seemed initially to be contained within advanced economies, it was ...