Rating timing differences between the two leading agencies: Standard and Poor's and Moody's

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-378

  Bissoondoyal Bheenick, Emawtee ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Event study; Joint ratings; Sovereign rating changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644251872     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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