The financialization of micro‐credit

R Aitken - Development and Change, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The financial crisis which crested in 2008/2009 sparked much debate regarding the future of
global financial governance. Echoing the ways in which that crisis entailed a particular …

[图书][B] Political power and corporate control: The new global politics of corporate governance

PA Gourevitch, J Shinn - 2010 - degruyter.com
Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom,
and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics …

An empirical analysis of changes in credit rating properties: Timeliness, accuracy and volatility

M Cheng, M Neamtiu - Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2009 - Elsevier
In recent years, credit rating agencies have faced increased regulatory pressure and
investor criticism for their ratings' lack of timeliness. This study investigates whether and how …

[图书][B] How numbers rule the world: The use and abuse of statistics in global politics

DL Fioramonti - 2014 - books.google.com
Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer
financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our …

Sovereign debt and regime type: Reconsidering the democratic advantage

E Beaulieu, GW Cox, S Saiegh - International Organization, 2012 - cambridge.org
The literature exploiting historical data generally supports the democratic advantage thesis,
which holds that democracies can sell more bonds on better terms than their authoritarian …

Testing conflicts of interest at bond rating agencies with market anticipation: Evidence that reputation incentives dominate

DM Covitz, P Harrison - Available at SSRN 512402, 2003 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper presents the first comprehensive test of whether well-known conflicts of interest at
bond rating agencies importantly influence their actions. This hypothesis is tested against …

[图书][B] Emotions in finance: Distrust and uncertainty in global markets

J Pixley - 2004 - books.google.com
Fear and greed are terms that make light of the uncertainty in the finance world. Huge global
financial institutions rely on emotional relations of trust and distrust to suppress the …

New actors in a financialised economy and the remaking of capitalism

J Froud, A Leaver, K Williams - New Political Economy, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The term capitalism comes with a great deal of anachronistic, non-reflexive, non-
deconstructed baggage. The 'c word'evokes the idea of a reified system with an immanent …

[图书][B] Fringe finance: Crossing and contesting the borders of global capital

R Aitken - 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
The most recent conversations about financial instability in International Political Economy
have addressed the ongoing financial spasms of the past five years; a global financial …

[引用][C] Private Ratings, Public Regulations: Credit Rating Agencies and Global Financial Governance

A Kruck - 2011 - books.google.com
Credit rating agencies play a powerful and contentious role in the governance of global
financial markets. Introducing an original framework for delegating political authority to …