Knowledge production in financial markets: Credit default swaps, the ABX and the subprime crisis

Economy and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-359

  MacKenzie, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABX; canonical mechanism; credit default swap; economic sociology; subprime crisis

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MORTGAGE LENDING;

EID: 84865039143     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2012.661635     Document Type: Article

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