Do solicitations matter in bank credit ratings? results from a study of 72 countries

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 285-314

  Poon, Winnie P H ^a   Lee, Junsoo ^b   Gup, Benton E ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Credit rating; NRSROs; Unsolicited

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349086589     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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