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Credit Risk Assessment: The Internal Rating Systems

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Whenever we speak about loans as the most widespread source of financing for firms (especially small and medium-sized ones)—either internal or external to the banking relationship approach—attention is necessarily drawn to the processes of credit risk measurement and management.

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Ferretti, P. (2016). Credit Risk Assessment: The Internal Rating Systems. In: New Perspectives on the Bank-Firm Relationship. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40331-1_3

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