Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212171 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers No. 14/2010
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Abstract: 
It has been proposed that the potential procyclicality of Basel II could be alleviated by using through-the-cycle (TTC) ratings in IRBA models. A TTC rating would be based on the structural component of the debtor s credit risk ignoring cyclical fluctuations. This paper tests for the existence of such fluctuations in corporate sector credit risk and finds vietually no evidence for their existence at the company level. It is not possible to assign satisfactory TTC ratings to debtors if there are no cyclical variations to be filtered out.
Subjects: 
through-the-cycle rating
credit risk
procyclicality
JEL: 
G21
G33
L16
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ISBN: 
978-952-462-605-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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