Does a country’s sovereign credit rating drive capital inflows into emerging European markets? Evidence from Balkan region

Author:

Athari Seyed AlirezaORCID

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of sovereign credit ratings on capital inflows and their composition for emerging European economies in the Balkan region. This study sheds light on this nexus by selecting Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, and Slovenia between 2006-2018 using panel data analysis. The estimation results underscore that a sovereign credit rating is a significant driver of capital inflows, and a decline in sovereign credit risk leads to increased foreign direct investment and portfolio inflows. Furthermore, the estimation results demonstrate the importance of the country’s specific pull factors and reveal that a country characterized by a larger market size, better institutional quality, a stable macroeconomic environment, and a more developed financial market could attract more capital inflows. Moreover, the results highlight that global risk and liquidity push factors have a significant effect on driving cross-border capital inflows into the Balkan economies. The findings suggest that policymakers should reduce sovereign credit risks and increase the country’s absorptive capacity and competitiveness in order to attract more capital inflows to the investigated Balkan countries.

Publisher

Conscientia Beam

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