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issue downgrades that are less informative. These results are consistent with the reputation model of Morris (2001), and … suggest that CRAs become more protective of their reputation following the passage of Dodd-Frank. Consistent with Morris (2001 …׳s have stronger incentives to protect their reputation (Becker and Milbourn, 2011). Our results are not driven by business …
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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act calls for the elimination of references to credit ratings in US banking regulations. This study's key finding is that US banks' lending to foreign borrowers does not appear to have been closely and consistently correlated with changes...
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Israel’s compliance with International Organization of Securities Commissions’ objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation has been assessed. The regulatory regime is well developed and in most respects is comparable with that of major jurisdictions. For the most part, it is...
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The present analysis sheds light on the setting up a regional rating agency in Asia in the wake of recent financial crisis. We investigate the policy facing a financial regulator while evaluating whether or not to admit new entrants into the credit rating market. In an incomplete contracting...
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We report on the current state and important older findings of empirical studies on corporate credit ratings and their relationship to ratings of other entities. Specifically, we consider the results of three lines of research: The correlation of credit ratings and corporate default, the...
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In order to explore how credit ratings may affect financial markets, we analyze a global game model of debt roll-over in which heterogeneous investors act strategically. We find that the addition of the rating agency has a non-monotonic effect on the probability of default and the magnitude of...
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 1999 issued a draft New Basel Capital Accord (Basel 2). Its principles are to be incorporated into the European legislation and into the Czech banking regulations. The Standardised Approach to calculating the capital requirement for credit risk is...
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