Religiosity and sovereign credit quality
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Religiosity; Sovereign credit; Credit default swaps; Structural equation modeling;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
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