Understanding credit ratings quality: Evidence from UK debt market participants

British Accounting Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-119

  Duff, Angus ^a   Einig, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit ratings; Credit ratings agencies; Credit ratings quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349272685     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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