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 …

The existing literature in public administration and related disciplines tends to view
government corruption in terms of legal transgression, specific acts by public officials in …

After the financial collapse of 2008 and the bailing out of banks in the US and the UK, the
long-term viability of the neoliberal doctrine has come under new scrutiny. The elimination of …

The undergoing financial turbulence has raised significant concerns over the role that credit
rating agencies (CRAs) played in the inception, magnification and expansion of the crisis. In …

This chapter examines the central role played by credit rating agencies in the production of
“knowledge” about financial instruments. That “knowledge,” in the form of credit ratings …

During the short span of a few months in 2008, 14 trillion dollars of highly rated bonds fell
into junk status, surprising the global financial system and accelerating an economic …

The financial services industry and society: The role of incentives/punishments, moral hazard,
and conflicts of interests in the 2008 financial crisis | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case …

The Independence of Credit Rating Agencies focuses on the institutional and regulatory
dynamics of these agencies, asking whether their business models give them enough …

Complex systems are described by a large number of variables with strong and nonlinear
interactions. Such systems frequently undergo regime shifts. Combining insights from …

The term 'financialization'denotes the general tendency in the advanced Western economies
to allow a substantial proportion of taxable profits to accumulate in the finance industry …