TY - BOOK AU - Garc�ia Alcubilla,Raquel AU - Ruiz del Pozo,Francisco Javier TI - Credit rating agencies on the watch list: analysis of European regulation SN - 9780191739125 (ebook) : AV - HG3751.5 .G37 2012 U1 - 346.4082 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Banks and banking KW - Ratings and rankings KW - Europe KW - Banking law KW - Credit bureaus KW - Credit ratings N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Rating agencies judge how solvent banks and big companies are. Prior to the financial crisis they were too optimistic when rating the risk of the banks and this prompted politicians worldwide to issue new regulations. This book explains what rating agencies do, why they are so important for the economy and the new European Regulation UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199608867.001.0001 ER -