# Research on the history of credit rating agencies from Professor Lawrence White is cited

1 Faculty News February 8, 2020 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_042834.jpg?itok=Dh1hkqvh)>

Excerpt from [Morningstar](https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20200208108/bipartisan-push-emerges-for-sec-to-again-scrutinize-rate-shopping-conflicts-in-bond-market) -- "But because of their complexity, bonds and credit ratings also have been intertwined for more than a hundred year (link)s, according to this brief history (link) of the industry by [Lawrence White](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white), a professor of economics at New York University."

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