Rating agencies: Role and influence of their sovereign credit risk assessment in the eurozone

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 912-921

  Eijffinger, Sylvester C W ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84867681535     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2012.02289.x     Document Type: Article

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