Lender of last resort: What have we learned since bagehot?

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-84

  Freixas, Xavier ^a   Giannini, Curzio ^b   Hoggarth, Glenn ^c   Soussa, Farouk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^c BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank s rescue; Contagion; Lender of last resort; Liquidity; Systemic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034557265     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026527607455     Document Type: Article

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