Credit Rating Inflation during the 2000s: Lessons from the U.S. State Governments
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Keywords
Credit Rating Inflation; State Governments; Credit Rating Agency; Bond Ratings;All these keywords.
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- E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
- E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
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