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Credit rating agencies on the watch list : analysis of European regulation /

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Rating agencies judge how solvent banks and big companies are. Prior to the financial crisis they were too optimistic when rating the risk of the banks and this prompted politicians worldwide to issue new regulations. This book explains what rating agencies do, why they are so important for the econ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: García Alcubilla, Raquel
Other Authors: Ruiz del Pozo, Javier
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Credit bureaus.
Credit bureaus > Government policy > Europe.
Credit ratings.
Credit ratings > Europe.
Crédit > Agences de renseignements.
Crédit > Agences de renseignements > Politique gouvernementale > Europe.
Cotes de solvabilité.
Cotes de solvabilité > Europe.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Credit bureaus
Credit ratings
Europe
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Rating agencies judge how solvent banks and big companies are. Prior to the financial crisis they were too optimistic when rating the risk of the banks and this prompted politicians worldwide to issue new regulations. This book explains what rating agencies do, why they are so important for the economy and the new European Regulation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 294 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-289) and index.
ISBN:0199608865
9780199608867
9780191624063
0191624063
9780191739125
019173912X