Dimitrov, Valentin; Palia, Darius; Tang, Leo - In: Journal of Financial Economics 115 (2015) 3, pp. 505-520
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 …