Bannier, Christina E.; Behr, Patrick; Güttler, André - Frankfurt School of Finance & Management - 2009
This paper examines why unsolicited ratings tend to be lower than solicited ratings. Bothself-selection among issuers and strategic conservatism of rating agencies may be reasonableexplanations. Analyses of default incidences of non-U.S. borrowers between January 1996and December 2006 show that...