...Mani Sethuraman ABSTRACT This paper explores the effect of a credit rating agency's (CRA) reputation on the voluntary disclosures of corporate bond issuers. Academics, practitioners, and regulators disagree on the informational role played by major CRAs and the usefulness of credit ratings...

...Samuel B. Bonsall, IV; Jeremiah R. Green; Karl A. Muller, III ABSTRACT We study how business press coverage can discipline credit rating agency actions. Because of their greater prominence and visibility to market participants, more widely covered firms can pose greater reputational costs...

...Samuel B Bonsall, IV; Kevin Koharki; Monica Neamtiu ABSTRACT This study investigates whether and when differences in the credit rating agencies' methodologies result in differences in rating properties. In particular, this study focuses on differences in information processing constraints between...

... of Management for its financial support. Editor's note: Accepted by Leslie D. Hodder. July 2013 January 2015 2015 credit rating agencies credit rating agency monitoring off-balance sheet credit risk asset securitizations This study...