Minsky's financial instability hypothesis, information asymmetry and accounting information: The UK financial crises of 1866 and 1987

Accounting History

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-53

  Barnes, Paul ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crash; Financial instability; Fraud; Informational asymmetry; Limited liability; Minsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649469762     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1032373207072807     Document Type: Article

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