Lost in temptation of risk: Financial market liberalization, financial market meltdown and regulatory reforms

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-353

  Semmler, Willi ^a   Young, Brigitte ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

asset bubbles; boombust cycle; capital market liberalization; complex securities; macroeconomic environment; regulatory responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956276777     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2010.10     Document Type: Article

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