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− Non- rating activities seem also to be a source of conict of interest: accord-
ing to Baghai and Becker (2018), in India, issuers that hire CRAs for non-
rating services receive higher ratings despite having higher default risk.
− Competition among CRAs reduces the eectiveness of ratings as the issuer
may request the services of another CRA if they do not agree to disclose the
rating given by a rst one (ratings shopping). According to Becker and Mil-
bourn (2011), Fitch’s increase in market share from the mid-1990s onwards
coincided with lower-q uality ratings of the two incumbent CRAs, Moody’s
and Standard & Poor’s.
− Securitization (Chapter 2) increases the complexity of the nancial instru-
ments rated, which de fa ...