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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| Natura: | Periodico |
| Lingua: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2012.
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| Serie: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2012/023 |
| Accesso online: | Full text available on IMF |