Getting Up to Speed on the Financial Crisis: A One Weekend Reader’s Guide (Entérese Rápidamente De La Crisis Financiera: Guía Para El Lector De Fin De Semana)

Revista de Economía Institucional Vol. 14, No. 26, 2012

32 Pages Posted: 25 Jun 2012

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Gary B. Gorton

Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Yale University - Yale Program on Financial Stability

Andrew Metrick

Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Yale University - Yale Program on Financial Stability

Date Written: June 25, 2012

Abstract

All economists should be conversant with “what happened?” during the financial crisis of 2007-2009. We select and summarize 16 documents, including academic papers and reports from regulatory and international agencies. This reading list covers the key facts and mechanisms in the build-up of risk, the panics in short-term-debt markets, the policy reactions, and the real effects of the financial crisis.

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Keywords: financial crisis

JEL Classification: E02, F34, H12

Suggested Citation

Gorton, Gary B. and Metrick, Andrew, Getting Up to Speed on the Financial Crisis: A One Weekend Reader’s Guide (Entérese Rápidamente De La Crisis Financiera: Guía Para El Lector De Fin De Semana) (June 25, 2012). Revista de Economía Institucional Vol. 14, No. 26, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2091218

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