Abstract–Municipal Bond Credit Ratings: A Suggested Methodology

Ronald Forbes, Alan Frankle and Arthur Hierl

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1974, vol. 9, issue 5, 897-897

Abstract: Municipal bond credit ratings are currently being created and distributed by two main rating agencies. Controversy has urrounded these ratings and their effects on interest costs to municipalities. This paper summarizes these controversies and presents a methodology which would enable a more objective appraisal of municipal credit quality.

Date: 1974
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/ ... type/journal_article link to article abstract page (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:9:y:1974:i:05:p:897-897_02

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis from Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press, UPH, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8BS UK.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Kirk Stebbing ().