Credit ratings quality: The perceptions of market participants and other interested parties

British Accounting Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-153

  Duff, Angus ^a   Einig, Sandra ^b  

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

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit markets; Credit ratings agencies; Credit ratings quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349574629     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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