Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Durham University, 2017) issued under title: The Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies : An Analysis of the Transgressions of the Rating Industry and a Measured Proposal for Reform.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- A primer on the credit rating domain -- The divergence between the actual and the desired -- Why the agencies transgress and what allows them to do it -- Tried and failed -- The issue of ancillary service provision -- A reform proposal.