In this article, we argue that the term “sorting” (in MCDA), although established within a well-defined community, is unappropriate for linguistic, scientific and pragmatic reasons. We present discuss such reasons suggest use of “rating”, since fitting better both foundational part class methods necessity to improve visibility our community.

Informational Efficiency of Credit Default Swap and Stock Markets: The Impact of Credit Rating Announcements This Paper analyses the response of stock and credit default swap (CDS) markets to rating announcements by the three major rating agencies during 2000-2. Applying event study methodology, we examine whether and how strongly these markets respond to rating announcements in terms of abnorm...