Origins of the financial crisis and requirements for reform

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 536-548

  Blundell Wignall, Adrian ^a   Atkinson, Paul ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Capital rule; Financial crisis; Regulatory reform; Tax arbitrage; Toxic assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349865169     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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