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Duplicating Moody's Municipal Credit Ratings

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  • J. Richard Aronson

    (Lehigh University)

  • James R. Marsden

    (University of Kentucky)

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In this article we have shown that it is possible to duplicate with fairly high accuracy the credit ratings recently published in Moody's Analytical Overview of 25 Leading U.S. Cities. Using multiple discriminant analysis and a set of nine discriminating variables, we can predict the distribution of cities among five credit rating categories with 83% accuracy and among two aggregated cate gorres with 95% accuracy. Our accuracy rate is much higher than that of pre vious studies in this field. However, we wish to offer a note of caution in re porting our results. The sample we worked with was relatively small. We used it because it seemed to us that the publication of Moody's Analytical Overview provided a unique set of comparable intercity financial data and therefore a new opportunity to attempt a duplication of their ratings. We are pleased with the predictive accuracy we achieve but feel that before we can be sure that our techniques are reliable, future research using a larger sample and perhaps a greater number of variables is needed.

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  • J. Richard Aronson & James R. Marsden, 1980. "Duplicating Moody's Municipal Credit Ratings," Public Finance Review, , vol. 8(1), pages 97-106, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:8:y:1980:i:1:p:97-106
    DOI: 10.1177/109114218000800106
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    1. Gramlich, Edward M, 1976. "The New York City Fiscal Crisis: What Happened and What Is to Be Done?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 66(2), pages 415-429, May.
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    1. Case, A.C. & Hines, J.R.J. & Rosen, H.S., 1989. "Copycatting: Fiscal Policies Of States And Their Neighbors," Papers 37, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper.
    2. Metcalf, Gilbert E, 1990. "Arbitrage and the Savings Behavior of State Governments," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 72(3), pages 390-396, August.

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