Rating the rating agencies: Anticipating currency crises or debt crises?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2845-2867

  Sy, Amadou N R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis; Default; Distress; Early warning systems; Probability of default; Ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644230844     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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