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Rating the ratings: How good are commercial governance ratings?☆

Journal of Financial Economics, 2010
Proxy advisory and corporate governance rating firms play an increasingly important role in U.S. public markets. Proxy advisory firms provide voting recommendations to shareholders on proxy proposals and sometimes take an active role persuading management to change governance arrangements.
Robert Daines   +2 more
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Rates and rate making

Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1915
The necessity of recognizing load factor in rate schedules is emphasized. To obtain load factor necessitates the measurement of maximum demand; a new maximum demand meter is described which depends upon heat and heat storage. The theory of such meters is discussed.
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Summary Rates

Biometrics, 1980
The use of summary rates of reporting health data is discussed. Directly and indirectly adjusted rates are compared under two models of no interaction. A method of analysis is described whereby a model is first fitted to data in order to investigate assumptions, and subsequently the smoothed rates based on the model are summarized using an adjusted ...
Freeman, Daniel H. jun.   +1 more
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The Ownership of Ratings

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
We identify the optimal contract between a rating agency and a firm and the circumstances under which simple ownership contracts implement this optimal solution. We assume that the decision to obtain a rating is endogenous and the price of a rating is a strategic variable.
Antoine Faure-Grimaud   +2 more
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RATING STUDENT RATINGS

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1983
(1983). RATING STUDENT RATINGS. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 269-273.
Richard R Renner, Gordon E Greenwood
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Determinants of discount rates, capitalisation rates and growth rates

Journal of Property Investment & Finance
PurposeThis paper analyses the determinants of key inputs for the explicit discounted cash flow (DCF) or the implicit capitalisation models, namely the discount rates and the capitalisation rates. We also study the factors affecting the implied growth rate of the net operating income (NOI).Design/methodology/approachWe make use of a rich database for ...
Martin Hoesli, Alona Shmygel
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Ratings with Ratings, Ratings with Boys

2007
Prosecutions for sexual relations between adult sailors occurred from time to time, although they were far fewer in number than those involving men and boys. One of the earliest such trials held under the Articles of War took place at Hamoaze pursuant to an order from the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Two seamen belonging to
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Spot Rates, Forward Rates, and Interest-Rate Differentials

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1972
THIS PAPER HAS TWO OBJECTIVES. The first is to develop a theory of interest-rate arbitrage within a simple Fisherian framework. The second is to explore some of the implications of a Fisherian approach to international finance. Part I develops the theory of interest-rate arbitrage under the assumption of perfect capital markets.
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HOMICIDE-SUICIDE RATES AND HOMICIDE RATES

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997
In 27 studies on murder-suicide, the homicide rate was negatively associated with the percentage of murder-suicides, and the murder-suicide rate showed less variation than the homicide rate.
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Natural Rate and Market Rate

1987
The main analytical elements of Knut Wicksell’s Interest and Prices can be found in the works of earlier writers. Wicksell was familiar with Ricardo’s distinction between the direct and indirect transmission of monetary impulses. Although unknown to Wicksell in 1898, Henry Thornton had provided a clear account of the cumulative process in 1802, as had ...
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