Are Rating Agencies Powerful? : An Investigation Into the Impact and Accuracy of Sovereign Ratings /

We find that Credit Rating Agencies (CRA)'s opinions have an impact in the cost of funding of sovereign issuers and consequently ratings are a concern for financial stability. While ratings produced by the major CRAs perform reasonably well when it comes to rank ordering default risk among sove...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kiff, John
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nowak, Sylwia, Schumacher, Liliana
Μορφή: Επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Σειρά:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/023
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full text available on IMF