Perspectives: Of Laws, Lending, and Limbic Systems
Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Date Written: February 16, 2010
Abstract
Over the past four centuries, financial crises have occurred at semi-regular intervals of approximately once a decade. Their primary mechanism seems to be the increasingly elastic nature of credit in the modern financial system. Recent advances in neurophysiology and cognitive neuropsychology shed light on this phenomenon and provide hints about how such crises might be mitigated in the future.
Keywords: Investment Industry, Historical Trends, Advocacy, Regulatory, Legislative Issues, Advocacy Issues, Economics
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Bernstein, William J., Perspectives: Of Laws, Lending, and Limbic Systems (February 16, 2010). Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 66, No. 1, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1553816
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