Liquidity risk, credit risk, and the Federal Reserve's responses to the crisis

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-348

  Sarkar, Asani ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit risk; Crisis; Liquidity facilities; The Federal Reserve

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350704651     PISSN: 15554961     EISSN: 1555497X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11408-009-0116-z     Document Type: Article

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