Reputation and competition: evidence from the credit rating industry
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- C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2008-10-07 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-MIC-2008-10-07 (Microeconomics)
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