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Revisiting the determinants of sovereign debt ratings in Europe through artificial intelligence techniques

Carlos Galnaresa Department of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Cordoba, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alfonso Carlos Martínez-Estudilloa Department of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Cordoba, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9239-661X
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Mariano Carbonero-Ruza Department of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Cordoba, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3202-9073
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Pilar Campoy-Muñozb Department of Economics, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Cordoba, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-3907
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Pages 2360-2363 | Published online: 06 Jul 2022

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