QE would be appropriate to lessen the threat of an upcoming crisis. This is why we examine Eurozone QE perspectives …

We examine the impact of eurozone membership on sovereign creditworthiness over the period 1996-2017. We find that: (a …) the ratings boost was significantly higher in the pre-crisis period (with countries in the periphery of the eurozone being … joining the eurozone, and lowered borrowing costs (as measured by CDS spreads) in line with the ratings boost …

In this paper, we examine the impact of eurozone membership on sovereign creditworthiness over the period 1996-2017 and … the underlying channels through which the impact operates. We find that: (a) eurozone membership improved sovereign credit … ratings, on average by over one notch; (b) the ratings boost was significantly higher in the pre-crisis period (with eurozone …