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Krishnan, K., & Basu, S. (2022). The Determinants of Credit
Rating and the Effect of Regulatory Disclosure Requirements:
Evidence from an Emerging Market. Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk
and Insurance.
We examine the determinants of credit rating for the debt instruments of Indian firms. The ordered probit model
analysis of firms with rating announcements by CARE, CRISIL, and ICRA, the major rating agencies in India, indicates
that interest coverage, profitability, financial leverage, market size, stock beta, and volatility have a significant effect
on credit ratings. We find evidence that the credit rating levels have become lower after the market regulator’s
passage of Transparency and Disclosure Norms in June 2010. The results suggest that regulatory disclosure
requirements influence rating agencies to be conservative in their rating standards.
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