Is mark-to-market accounting destabilizing? Analysis and implications for policy

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-75

  Heaton, John C ^a   Lucas, Deborah ^b   McDonald, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MIT and NBER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mark to market accounting; Price of risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 73749083214     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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