Determinants and Impact of Sovereign Credit Ratings

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The Effect of Bond Rating Agency Announcements on Bond and Stock Prices

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Statistical Models of Bond Ratings: A Methodological Inquiry

Robert S. Kaplan, Gabriel Urwitz · The Journal of Business · 1979 · 670 citations

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Jeremy Goh, Louis H. Ederington · The Journal of Finance · 1993 · 501 citations

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The Determination of Long-Term Credit Standing with Financial Ratios

James O. Horrigan · Journal of Accounting Research · 1966 · 412 citations

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