Partisan Professionals: Evidence from Credit Rating Analysts
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- Elisabeth Kempf & Margarita Tsoutsoura, 2021. "Partisan Professionals: Evidence from Credit Rating Analysts," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 76(6), pages 2805-2856, December.
- Kempf, Elisabeth & Tsoutsoura, Margarita, 2018. "Partisan Professionals: Evidence from Credit Rating Analysts," CEPR Discussion Papers 14343, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
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