01966cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007108 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455227112 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Candelon, Bertrand. Sovereign Rating News and Financial Markets Spillovers : Evidence from the European Debt Crisis / Bertrand Candelon, Amadou Sy, Rabah Arezki. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 1 online resource (27 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the spillover effects of sovereign rating news on European financial markets during the period 2007-2010. Our main finding is that sovereign rating downgrades have statistically and economically significant spillover effects both across countries and financial markets. The sign and magnitude of the spillover effects depend both on the type of announcements, the source country experiencing the downgrade and the rating agency from which the announcements originates. However, we also find evidence that downgrades to near speculative grade ratings for relatively large economies such as Greece have a systematic spillover effects across Euro zone countries. Rating-based triggers used in banking regulation, CDS contracts, and investment mandates may help explain these results. Mode of access: Internet Arezki, Rabah. Sy, Amadou. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/068 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2011/068/001.2011.issue-068-en.xml IMF e-Library