The credit ratings game

Journal of Finance

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-111

  Bolton, Patrick ^a   Freixas, Xavier ^b   Shapiro, Joel ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855913704     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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