September 2008 (Revised September 2011)
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Note: Credit Rating Agencies

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| Pages:25

Abstract

The note examines the role of credit rating agencies in capital markets, with emphasis on the role of these agencies in the recent credit crisis and recommendations for change.

Keywords

Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Credit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards

Citation

Fruhan, William E. "Note: Credit Rating Agencies." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-056, September 2008. (Revised September 2011.)

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William E. Fruhan

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