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Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.
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Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.
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Read MoreFrancesca Molinari, H.T. Warshow and Robert Irving Warshow Professor in the Department of Economics, was recently awarded the Willard G. Manning Memorial Award along with her co-author Charles Manski, Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University, for their paper "Estimating the Covid-19 in...
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