Could early warning systems have helped to predict the sub-prime crisis?

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-47

  Davis, E Philip ^a,b   Karim, Dilruba ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NIESR ^*

Author keywords

Early warning; Financial instability; Macroprudential analysis; Sub prime crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049092801     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950108099841     Document Type: Article

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