Credit Rating Agencies in Emerging Democracies : Guardians of Fiscal Discipline?

Credit rating agencies have drawn criticism for failing to anticipate and deter root causes of the 2008-2009 financial crisis in the United States. However, this paper presents evidence that credit rating agencies regularly anticipate and deter gov...

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Main Authors: Hanusch, Marek, Vaaler, Paul M.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17408765/credit-rating-agencies-emerging-democracies-guardians-fiscal-discipline
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13180