PIGS or Lambs? The European Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Role of Rating Agencies

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-299

  Gärtner, Manfred ^a   Griesbach, Björn ^a   Jung, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Credit risk; Debt crisis; Eurozone; Panel data; Rating agencies; Sovereign debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960995340     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11294-011-9302-7     Document Type: Article

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