We investigate how shocks to the reputation of credit rating agencies and the subsequent introduction of stricter regulation affect investors’ reaction to rating signals. We focus on three major episodes of reputational distress: the Enron/WorldCom scandals, the subprime crisis and the lawsuit...

We investigate how shocks to the reputation of credit rating agencies and the subsequent introduction of stricter regulation affect investors' reaction to rating signals. We focus on three major episodes of reputational distress: The Enron/WorldCom scandals, the subprime crisis and the lawsuit...

The primary goal sought by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) and its committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) is to make banks safer entities and maintain a "level playing field" between them. However, the question of whether this objective can be attained through enforcing capital...