A global history of the financial crash of 2007-2010 /

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Author / Creator:Lybeck, Johan A., 1944-
Imprint:Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 392 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830558
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ISBN:9781139161596
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-387) and index.
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Summary:A detailed yet non-technical analysis of the recent financial crisis.
Other form:Print version: Lybeck, Johan A., 1944- Global history of the financial crash of 2007-2010. Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9781107648883
Standard no.:9786613341143
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Financial crises in the USA and Europe, but not in Asia
  • Appendix 2.1. Chronology of events: January 2007-June 2011
  • Could today's financial crisis have been foreseen?
  • The US housing market and the subprime crisis
  • Securitization and derivatives spread the crisis around the world
  • Appendix 5.1 Inherent conflicts of interest in subprime securitization; Appendix 5.2 Write-downs in banks and insurance companies, 2007-2009
  • Liquidity risk aspects of the crisis and a comparison with 1907 and 1929
  • Appendix 6.1 The liquidity-risk framework proposed by theFSA and the BIS
  • Credit risk aspects of the crisis, rating and solvency
  • Appendix 7.1 Government support activities for banks' capital ratios, 2007-2010
  • Appendix 7.2 The proposed new capital requirements under Basel III
  • Worldwide changes in regulation and supervision as a result of the crisis
  • Appendix 9.1. list of regulatory authorities in the United States
  • Appendix 9.2. Overview of bank taxes in different countries
  • Outstanding issues.