Has finance made the world Riskier?

European Financial Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-533

  Rajan, Raghuram G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial development; Financial sector induced turmoil; Risk and derivatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247850925     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2006.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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