Breemen, Vivian van; Fabozzi, Frank J.; Vink, Dennis - 2022
In this paper, we empirically investigate the impact of intensified competition on rating quality in the credit rating … market for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in the period 2017-2020. We provide evidence that competition … rating should solely represent the underlying credit risk of a RMBS, irrespective of the competition in the market, our …