The role of banks in the subprime crisis

Review of Economic Conditions in Italy

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-47

  Fratianni, Michele ^a,b   Marchionne, Francesco ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL MARKET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350506304     PISSN: 00346799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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