group inc. type private corporation industry consulting international affairs political risk analysis country risk forecasts founded 1979 headquarters east syracuse ny united states area served worldwide products countrydata prs icrg owner christopher mckee ph.d. website official website official blog facebook page linkedin company profile prstv the prs group inc. headquartered near syracuse new york was established in 1979 placing it among the earliest commercial providers of political and country risk forecasts . in 2010 the prs group inc. was purchased 1 by ceo owner christopher mckee ph.d. who maintains operations for the company and also holds the position of icrg editor in chief . originally the political risk services division of frost & sullivan inc. and then of uk based ibc group now known as informa the company kept its original focus on political risk analysis and became independent in 1999 . cited in 2008 as a leading organization in investment risk analysis 2 by investor jim rogers the prs group offers two distinct independent publicly available methodologies for assessing risk political risk services prs and the international country risk guide icrg . the company produces a range of products based on these two risk rating systems . online subscriptions to prs products cover over 140 developed emerging and frontier markets . with a quantitative focus to all of its risk ratings and forecasts the firm assesses the impact of country and political risk on multinational business operations and on the major asset classes . contents 1 political risk services 2 international country risk guide 3 references 4 sources 5 external links political risk services edit generally recognized worldwide as the original system for quantifying and rating political risk the forecasting model used by political risk services was formulated during 20 years of research conducted by professors bill coplin and michael o leary of the maxwell school of citizenship and public affairs at syracuse university 3 4 with the u.s. dept. of state and the central intelligence agency . each of the 100 country reports includes an evaluation of the current risk of doing business in a given country . eighteen month and five year forecasts of 17 risk factors affecting a country s business climate are provided for each of the three most likely regimes to hold power in the respective time frame . each report contains ten years of historical economic data and information on the people parties and organizations most likely to influence the level of political risk in that country . international country risk guide edit cited as the only risk rating agency to provide detailed and consistent monthly data over an extended period for a large number of countries 5 icrg rates 140 countries each month on the basis of over 30 risk metrics affecting political economic and financial risk dating back to 1984 for most . studies by researchers have found icrg data to be positively correlated to better international monetary fund program implementation lower sovereign spreads and with variability in bank lending volume . others have found icrg data to provide information that has great predictive value with respect to future equity returns globally 6 and offers a reliable consistent and valid measure of property rights protection . 7 references edit the prs group inc. canadian firm acquires prs . press release may 4 2010 . pdf last accessed 2014 08 06 rogers jim . a bull in china . new york random house 2008 . p. 37 google books last accessed 2011 02 01 coplin william d. and o leary michael k. everyman s prince a guide to understanding your political problems . brooks cole 1972 . seely hart risk is this company s middle name . the post standard . 20th aug. 1997 b 1 . print . hoti s. the international country risk guide an empirical evaluation . department of economics university of western australia . page 5 . pdf last accessed 2011 02 01 epstein gene . risk measures prove to be excellent forecasters of the rise and fall of markets abroad . barron s economic beat 11th mar. 1996 . print . tusalem rollin f. ph.d. determinants of coup d etat events 1970 90 the role of property rights protection . international political science review jun. 2010 vol . 31 issue 3 . p. 346 365 . print . sources edit howell llewellyn . d. political risk assessment in a globalization context paper presented at the annual meeting of the international studies association town & country resort and convention center san diego california usa mar 22 2006 online pdf . last accessed 2011 02 01 . co founder william d. coplin 1 last accessed 2011 01 31 . cited in wiki article social democratic party nigeria last accessed 2011 01 31 . howell llewellyn d. the handbook of country and political risk analysis fourth edition the prs group inc. 2007 . 2 howell llewellyn . d. political risk assessment concept method & management second edition the prs group inc. 2008 . 3 external links edit the prs 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