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Everything you always wanted to know about credit ratings (but were afraid to ask) - Giulia Mennillo, Credit Rating Agencies, Newcastle, Agenda Publishing, 2022, 152 pp., $30 (pbk.), ISBN: 978-1-788-21193-2

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Giulia Mennillo, Credit Rating Agencies, Newcastle, Agenda Publishing, 2022, 152 pp., $30 (pbk.), ISBN: 978-1-788-21193-2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

Zsófia Barta
Zsófia Barta*
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University at Albany USA
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Corresponding author: Zsófia Barta, University at Albany, SUNY, 135 Western Ave, Albany, NY, 12222, USA. Email: zbarta@albany.edu.
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Finance and Society , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , 2022 , pp. 213 - 215
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