Getting up to Speed on the Financial Crisis: A One-Weekend-Reader's Guide

Gary Gorton and Andrew Metrick

No 17778, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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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Date: 2012-01
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Published as Gary Gorton & Andrew Metrick, 2012. "Getting Up to Speed on the Financial Crisis: A One-Weekend-Reader's Guide," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 50(1), pages 128-50, March.

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