Putting the 'Mort' Back into Mortgage - A Pocket Guide to the Global Credit Crisis

Cooper, Jeremy

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2043682

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Putting the 'Mort' Back into Mortgage - A Pocket Guide to the Global Credit Crisis

Jeremy Cooper

Challenger Limited

August 22, 2008

Abstract:
This paper looks at the United States sub-prime mortgage crisis, exploring some of the factors leading to the crisis and its continuing effects on global credit markets. It is intended to be a very basic introduction to the topic aimed at gently navigating the reader through the key issues.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 23

Keywords: Sub-prime mortgage, CDO, credit crisis, credit default swap, non-recourse, collapse, FICO, MBS, securitisation

JEL Classification: G21, G24, G38

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Date posted: April 23, 2012

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Cooper, Jeremy, Putting the 'Mort' Back into Mortgage - A Pocket Guide to the Global Credit Crisis (August 22, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2043682 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2043682

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