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General position, role and directions for use of ratings in various areas are presented. The chapter systematizes the main stages of ratings evolving as a notion. Ratings are examined as a tool of informational transparency, including the notion of ratings as a special kind of expert examination, as well as special features of the rating activity and its patterns.
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Karminsky, A., Polozov, A. (2016). Ratings as Tools of Informational Transparency. In: Handbook of Ratings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39261-5_1
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