Reactions of Japanese markets to changes in credit ratings by global and local agencies

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1007-1021

  Li, Joanne ^a   Shin, Yoon S ^a   Moore, William T ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit ratings; Rating agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644808364     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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