Financial firm bankruptcy and systemic risk

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Helwege, Jean ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterparty risk; Financial institutions; Fire sales; Systemic risk; Too big to fail

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649089761     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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