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Reformation of the credit rating industry - Is there a need?

Hartwall, Marcus and Pettersson, Christian (2005)
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
The credit rating industry is a complex and fascinating industry. Its history stretches back more than 150 years and has gradually increased in importance. During its history the dynamics of the industry have changed. The extended-principal-agent model was developed by synthesizing different principal-agent-relationships into one model. This model provides a holistic understanding of the credit rating industry and illustrates the interdependence between the different relationships. The industry structure that currently reigns is anti competitive and there is an absence of accountability of the CRAs Based on the findings of the industrial analysis there is a need for reform. It must however be stated that the CRAs overall have succeeded in... (More)
The credit rating industry is a complex and fascinating industry. Its history stretches back more than 150 years and has gradually increased in importance. During its history the dynamics of the industry have changed. The extended-principal-agent model was developed by synthesizing different principal-agent-relationships into one model. This model provides a holistic understanding of the credit rating industry and illustrates the interdependence between the different relationships. The industry structure that currently reigns is anti competitive and there is an absence of accountability of the CRAs Based on the findings of the industrial analysis there is a need for reform. It must however be stated that the CRAs overall have succeeded in determining the credit risk of issuers. This argument does not however justify the preservation of the status quo. There is a need for reform and suggestions for reform are presented in the thesis. (Less)
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author
Hartwall, Marcus and Pettersson, Christian
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Credit rating, principal-agent, reform, regulation and corporate governance, Management of enterprises, Företagsledning, management
language
Swedish
id
1345183
date added to LUP
2005-06-07 00:00:00
date last changed
2012-04-02 15:33:30
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  abstract     = {{The credit rating industry is a complex and fascinating industry. Its history stretches back more than 150 years and has gradually increased in importance. During its history the dynamics of the industry have changed. The extended-principal-agent model was developed by synthesizing different principal-agent-relationships into one model. This model provides a holistic understanding of the credit rating industry and illustrates the interdependence between the different relationships. The industry structure that currently reigns is anti competitive and there is an absence of accountability of the CRAs Based on the findings of the industrial analysis there is a need for reform. It must however be stated that the CRAs overall have succeeded in determining the credit risk of issuers. This argument does not however justify the preservation of the status quo. There is a need for reform and suggestions for reform are presented in the thesis.}},
  author       = {{Hartwall, Marcus and Pettersson, Christian}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Reformation of the credit rating industry - Is there a need?}},
  year         = {{2005}},
}