Deciphering the Liquidity and Credit Crunch 2007-08
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NBER Working Paper No. 14612
Issued in December 2008
NBER Program(s): AP CF EFG IFM ME
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This paper summarizes and explains the main events of the liquidity and credit crunch in 2007-08. Starting with the trends leading up to the crisis, I explain how these events unfolded and how four different amplification mechanisms magnified losses in the mortgage market into large dislocations and turmoil in financial markets.
Published: Markus K. Brunnermeier, 2009.
"Deciphering the Liquidity and Credit Crunch 2007-2008,"
Journal of Economic Perspectives,
American Economic Association, vol. 23(1), pages 77-100, Winter.
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