Markets, Systemic Risk, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Steven L. Schwarcz
Duke University - School of Law
Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2008
Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 190
Abstract:
The subprime mortgage crisis is undermining financial market stability and has the potential to cause a true systemic breakdown. This short and accessible essay, which is based on the author's 2008 Roy R. Ray Lecture at SMU Law School, uses this crisis to demonstrate that existing protections against systemic risk, which focus on banks and largely ignore financial markets, are misguided. Because companies increasingly access financial markets without going through banks, an effective framework for containing systemic risk must focus on markets.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 9
Accepted Paper Series
Suggested Citation
Schwarcz, Steven L., Markets, Systemic Risk, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2008; Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 190. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1102326
