Defining and achieving financial stability

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-172

  Allen, William A ^a   Wood, Geoffrey ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial stability; Instability; Lender of last resort; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745843344     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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