Credit Rating and Bank-Firm Relationships

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

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3. Credit Rating and Internal Rating Systems

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   2. Credit Rating

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   3. Credit Risk Management

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   4. Internal Rating Systems: A Critical Vision

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4. Toward a New Architecture of Rating

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   2. The Generation of New Models

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   3. Rating Systems: A Dual Track for Screening and Monitoring

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   4. The New Architecture of Rating Model

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5. Credit Rating in an Evolving Scenario

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   2. Rating and Bank-Firm Relationship

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   3. Rating and Corporate Finance: Implications and Opportunities

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   4. Rating and Bankruptcy Prediction

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6. Back Matter

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This book explores the role of the rating system in creditworthiness assessment, looking into its current status, strengths and weaknesses and possible evolution in the light of Basel 3 and the Global Economic Crisis.

• Credit risk management
• credit rating
• internal rating system
• bank-firm relationship
• probability of default
• bank
• banking
• Basel II
• Basel III
• corporate finance
• finance
• funding
• innovation
• management
• rating
• risk management

• Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy

  Michele Modina

Michele Modina is Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management at the University of Molise, Italy, where he holds courses in 'Entrepreneurship and Small Business' and 'Corporate Finance' under the Degree course in 'Entrepreneurship and Innovation'.
His research activity focuses on the value creation in manufacturing and financial companies; the effects of Basel 2 on bank-firm relationship and the role of corporate finance; the management of the investment and financing techniques; and the quality of financial and banking services for SMEs.

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