Determinants of heterogeneity in European credit ratings
β Scribed by Kurt Hornik; Rainer Jankowitsch; Manuel Lingo; Stefan Pichler; Gerhard Winkler
- Book ID
- 107341670
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 448 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1555-4961
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