Risk management, the subprime crisis and financialisation: the role of risk management in the generation and transmission of the subprime crisis

Sergio Lagoa, Emanuel Leao and Ricardo Barradas
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Sergio Lagoa: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), DINAMIA’CET-IUL
Emanuel Leao: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), DINAMIA’CET-IUL
Ricardo Barradas: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), DINAMIA’CET-IUL

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Abstract: Over time the financial sector has gained greater relevance in the economy, a phenomenon that some call financialisation. Contrary to the mainstream view, financialisation literature emphasises that risk management by financial corporations will not be socially efficient in a context of deregulated markets and will ultimately lead to an increase of aggregate risk and crises. To assess the validity of such claim, in this paper we review the literature on risk management during the Subprime crisis. These failures fall into three categories: technique and methodology, corporate governance and strategy, and regulation and external factors. These failures can be interpreted in the light of the financialisation perspective, which is therefore a valuable approach when addressing regulatory changes in the financial system.

Keywords: risk management; financial crisis; financialisation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G01 G18 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2014-05-01
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