The role of non-financial factors in internal credit ratings

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 509-531

  Grunert, Jens ^a   Norden, Lars ^a   Weber, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit ratings; Credit risk; Debt default; Probit analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244229052     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.05.017     Document Type: Article

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