Developing, Validating and Using Internal Ratings: Methodologies and Case Studies

Developing, Validating and Using Internal Ratings: Methodologies and Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  De Laurentis, Giacomo ^a   Maino, Renato ^a,b   Molteni, Luca ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 84891584539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470971901     Document Type: Book

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