The performance of liquidity in the subprime Mortgage crisis

New Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-89

  Langley, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Illiquidity; Liquidity; Performativity; Risk; Subprime mortgages; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL POLICY; MORTGAGE LENDING;

EID: 77951174572     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460903553624     Document Type: Article

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