Bank ratings: what determines their quality?
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- Harald Hau & Sam Langfield & David Marques-Ibanez, 2013. "Bank ratings: what determines their quality? [Bank risk during the financial crisis: do business models matter?]," Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po;CES;MSH, vol. 28(74), pages 289-333.
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Keywords
conflicts of interest; credit ratings; prudential regulation; rating agencies;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
- G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2012-11-11 (Banking)
- NEP-EEC-2012-11-11 (European Economics)
- NEP-REG-2012-11-11 (Regulation)
- NEP-RMG-2012-11-11 (Risk Management)
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