The sub-prime crisis, the credit crunch and bank “failure”: An assessment of the UK authorities’ response

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-452

  Hall, Maximilian J B ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Financial economics; Financial restructuring; Recession; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032157967     PISSN: 13581988     EISSN: 17400279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13581980911004398     Document Type: Article

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