Do global banks spread global imbalances? Asset-backed commercial paper during the financial crisis of 2007-09

IMF Economic Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-73

  Acharya, Viral V ^a   Schnabl, Philipp ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952185301     PISSN: 20414161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/imfer.2010.4     Document Type: Article

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