Individual versus systemic risk and the Regulator's Dilemma

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 12647-12652

  Beale, Nicholas ^a   Rand, David G ^b   Battey, Heather ^c   Croxson, Karen ^d,g   May, Robert M ^e   Nowak, Martin A ^b,f  

^a Sciteb   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial regulation; Financial stability; Global financial markets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK;

ALGORITHMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79961226047     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105882108     Document Type: Article

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