Developing and testing models for replicating credit ratings: A multicriteria approach

Computational Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-341

  Doumpos, Michael ^a   Pasiouras, Fotios ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Credit rating; Model testing; Multicriteria decision aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144466471     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-005-6412-4     Document Type: Article

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