Reading about the financial crisis: A twenty-one-book review

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-178

  Lo, Andrew W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84862507659     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.50.1.151     Document Type: Review

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