Lessons from a collapse of a financial system

Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 66, 2011, Pages 183-235

  Benediktsdottir, Sigridur ^a   Danielsson, Jon ^a   Zoega, Gylfi ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL FLOW; CENTRAL BANK; CURRENCY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; INVESTMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MONETARY POLICY; PRIVATIZATION;

ICELAND; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953297941     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2011.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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