Assessing the effort of rating agencies in emerging economies: Some empirical evidence

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-295

  Ferri, Giovanni ^a   Liu, Li Gang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate credit ratings; Credit risk; Sovereign risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944473317     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470500039246     Document Type: Article

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