Tiebreaker: Certification and multiple credit ratings

Journal of Finance

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-152

  Bongaerts, Dion ^a   Cremers, K J Martijn ^b   Goetzmann, William N ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855968998     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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