Sovereign credit rating is a condensed assessment of a country's ability to repay its public debt in a timely fashion. Downward wage rigidity has been considered as a critical determinant of various macroeconomic and financial phenomena. This study examines the effect of a country's wage rigidity on its sovereign credit rating after measuring downward wage rigidities based on a regime-switching model. The results indicate that greater wage rigidity induces lower sovereign credit rating. We find that wage rigidity amplifies cash flow fluctuations and magnified cash flow volatility negatively affects sovereign credit rating. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Yanshan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Qinhuangdao 066004, Peoples R ChinaYanshan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Qinhuangdao 066004, Peoples R China
Li, Chunling
Pervaiz, Khansa
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Yanshan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Qinhuangdao 066004, Peoples R ChinaYanshan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Qinhuangdao 066004, Peoples R China
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Khan, Muhammad Asif
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Univ Kotli, Fac Management Sci, Dept Commerce, Kotli 11100, Azad Jammu & Ka, PakistanYanshan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Qinhuangdao 066004, Peoples R China
Khan, Muhammad Asif
Rehman, Faheem Ur
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Jilin Univ, Sch Econ, Changchun 130112, Peoples R ChinaYanshan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Qinhuangdao 066004, Peoples R China
Rehman, Faheem Ur
Olah, Judit
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Univ Debrecen, Inst Appl Informat & Logist, Fac Econ & Business, H-4032 Debrecen, HungaryYanshan Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Qinhuangdao 066004, Peoples R China