Gorton, Gary. 1951-

Misunderstanding financial crises : why we don't see them coming / Gary B. Gorton. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. - xiv, 278 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Creating the quiet period -- Financial crises -- Liquidity and secrets -- Credit booms and manias -- The timing of crises -- Economic theory without history -- Debt during crises -- The quiet period and its end -- Moral hazard and too-big-to-fail -- Bank capital -- Fat cats, crisis costs, and the paradox of financial crises -- The panic of 2007-2008 -- The theory and practice of seeing.

9780199922901 (cloth : alk. paper)

2012008750


Financial crises--United States.
Monetary policy--United States.
Crisis financiera--Estados Unidos
Politica monetaria--Estados Unidos


United States--Economic policy.
Estados Unidos --Política económica

HB 3722 / G675m 2012

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