Unraveling the Financial Crisis of 2008
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6106121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Comiskey (Pennsylvania State University), Pawan Madhogarhia (Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 271-275 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096509090556 |
| OpenAlex | W2119254500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
In the fall of 2008, the world economy experienced a “once-in-a-century credit tsunami” (Greenspan 2008, 1). Centered in the market for homes and mortgages, the mechanisms that unleashed this financial tidal wave are many and complex. Indeed, an inadequate grasp of modern finance on the part of “the most sophisticated investors” and regulators “in the world” was itself a contributing factor (Greenspan 2008, 3
Business · Economics · Financial crisis · Financial market · Financial system · GRASP · Keynesian economics · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency · Engineering · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |