Toward a supply-side theory of financial innovation

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 401-419

  Awrey, Dan ^a  

^a LINACRE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collateral swaps; Dodd Frank Act; ETFs; Financial innovation; Modigliani and Miller; OTC derivatives; Securitization; Structured finance; Swaps; Synthetic exchange traded funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892438096     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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