the assignment of sovereign credit ratings, using the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis of 2009-2012 as a natural laboratory … two more US-tied peers, assigned on average more favourable ratings to Eurozone issuers during the crisis. However, Fitch …'s better ratings for Eurozone issuers seem to be neglected by investors as they rather follow the rating actions of Moody's and …

French, Italian, German and Spanish long-term sovereign bonds during the culmination of the Eurozone debt crisis in 2011 …-time capital allocation in the Eurozone. Their downgradings caused investors to rebalance their portfolios across member countries …

from Greece. Specifically, higher risk aversion has increased the demand for the Bund and this is behind the pricing of all … key role in the developments of the spreads for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Finally, the rating downgrade in … Greece has contributed to developments in spreads of countries with weaker fiscal fundamentals: Ireland, Portugal, Italy …