Does rating help microfinance institutions raise funds? Cross-country evidence

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 558-571

  Hartarska, Valentina ^a   Nadolnyak, Denis ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial institutions; International development; Microfinance; Microfinance institutions; Rating agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349095576     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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