Altdörfer, Marc; De las Salas Vega, Carlos Andres; … - 2016
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 …