Financial crises : understanding the postwar U.S. experience /

Financial crises : understanding the postwar U.S. experience /

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Author / Creator:Wolfson, Martin H.
Imprint:Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1986.
Description:xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Depressions
Business cycles
Business cycles -- United States
Financial crises
Business cycles.
Depressions.
Financial crises.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/829186
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ISBN:0873323769 : $35.00
0873323777 (pbk.) : $14.95
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 214-217.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Cyclical Theories of Financial Crises
  • 3. Comparison of Cyclical Theories
  • 4. The Credit Crunch of 1966
  • 5. 1970: Penn Central
  • 6. 1974: Franklin National
  • 7. The Silver Crisis of 1980
  • 8. The 1982 Crisis
  • 9. The Legacy of 1982
  • 10. The Collapse of Speculative Lending and Investment
  • 11. A Business-Cycle Model of Financial Crises
  • 12. Evaluating the Business-Cycle Model
  • 13. Noncyclical Theories of Financial Crises
  • 14. The Changing Financial System
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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