Legal Liability of U.S. Credit Rating Agencies under Section 11 of the Securities Act: The Long and Winding Road toward Accountability

This paper argues that credit ratings have contributed to the current financial crisis. In United States, the previous “reputational model” as well as the current proposals aimed at reducing reliance on rating agencies, enhancing competition and increasing transparency is not sufficient to improve t...

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Main Author: Sisi , Zhang
Other Authors: Betty, Ho
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/25537