Credit+Rating

Research Brief: Credit Ratings Close the Gap for Emerging-Market Firms
To overcome the "liability of foreignness" in global capital markets, emerging-market firms can strategically use a credit rating to make them appear more credible

Credit Rating Agencies: Downgraded but Not Out
Often loathed and rarely lauded, credit rating agencies have the distinction of being “both useless and powerful at the same time”
Credit Rating Agencies
What role do credit agencies play, and will regulation curb their excesses?