Assessing credit rating agencies by bond issuers and institutional investors

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1367-1398

  Baker, H Kent ^a   Mansi, Sattar A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1142301805     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00474     Document Type: Article

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