1.
Understanding the Modern Monetary System
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 06 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 08 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
Orcam Financial Group
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76,310
2.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): Pros and Cons for Investors
Accounting and Business Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 13 Sep 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
28,963
3.
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 04-20
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Working Paper Series
Yale School of Management and Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance
There are 3 versions of this paper
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 04-20
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Downloads
27,022
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
NBER Working Paper No. w10595
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 25 May 2006
Downloads
727
Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures
Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 47-68, April 2006
Posted: 23 May 2006
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27,022
4.
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2874598, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5191-16
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 27 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2017
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2874598, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5191-16
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 27 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2017
Downloads
25,448
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
NBER Working Paper No. w22952
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 19 Dec 2016
Downloads
116
Downloads
25,448
5.
Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns
Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2009-56
, Chicago Booth School of Business Research Paper, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 10 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 08 Feb 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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22,526
6.
The Worldwide Equity Premium: A Smaller Puzzle
Chapter 11 of R Mehra (Ed), Handbook of the Equity Risk Premium. Elsevier, 2008, pages 467ā514, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper; EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 17 Mar 2006
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
Downloads
18,136
7.
Does Foreign Direct Investment Accelerate Economic Growth?
U of Minnesota Department of Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 23 Jun 2002
Working Paper Series
Institute for Business Innovation and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Downloads
15,932
8.
The Evolution of Fintech: A New Post-Crisis Paradigm?
University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2015/047, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2016-62
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 20 Oct 2015
Last Revised: 07 Sep 2016
Accepted Paper Series
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law
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15,489
9.
Risk-Neutral Probabilities Explained
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Last Revised: 20 Oct 2010
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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13,831
10.
Offshore Hedge Funds: Survival & Performance 1989-1995
Yale School of Management Working Paper No. F-52B
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 27 Feb 1997
Working Paper Series
Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management and New York University - Stern School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Offshore Hedge Funds: Survival & Performance 1989-1995
Yale School of Management Working Paper No. F-52B
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 27 Feb 1997
Downloads
13,785
Offshore Hedge Funds: Survival & Performance 1989-1995
NYU Working Paper No. FIN-98-011
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 07 Nov 2008
Downloads
219
Downloads
13,785
11.
Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 198/2008, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 12
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 25 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Accounting and Taxation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 198/2008, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 12
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 25 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
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12,627
Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 1085-1142, 2008
Posted: 08 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
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12,627
12.
Size, Value, and Momentum in International Stock Returns
Fama-Miller Working Paper, Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2011-85, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-10
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 05 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 23 Jun 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads
12,299
13.
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the United States: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Factors
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 11 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Boston University Questrom School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the United States: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Factors
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 11 Mar 2009
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12,165
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the U.S. (Part I): Conceptual Underpinnings and Economic Analysis
Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 355-394, 2010
Posted: 10 Sep 2010
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12,165
14.
Country Risk: Determinants, Measures and Implications ā The 2016 Edition
Number of pages: 103
Posted: 21 Jul 2016
Working Paper Series
New York University - Stern School of Business
Downloads
11,618
15.
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea
post-publication version, published in Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall 2006, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 86/2005, KDI School of Pub Policy & Management Paper No. 02-04, McCombs Research Paper Series No. 02-05, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 237, U of Texas law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 18 Jun 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Korea University - Department of Finance and Korea University Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea
nearly final pre-publication version, published in Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 22, 366-413 (2006)
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 29 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 11 Jul 2012
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186
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms' Market Values? Evidence from Korea
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 366-413, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
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11,237
16.
International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 1976
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 11 Apr 2005
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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11,184
17.
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
Working Paper Series
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, University of York - Department of Economics and Related Studies and City University London - Sir John Cass Business School
There are 3 versions of this paper
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
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10,639
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 08 Jun 2013
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567
The Trend is Our Friend: Risk Parity, Momentum and Trend Following in Global Asset Allocation
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 16 May 2013
Downloads
282
Downloads
10,639
18.
An Alternative Three-Factor Model
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 19 May 2010
Last Revised: 21 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Simon Business School, University of Rochester and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business
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10,635
19.
High-Frequency Trading
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 06 Jun 2011
Working Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Independent, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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10,424
20.
The Halloween Indicator, 'Sell in May and Go Away': Another Puzzle
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 15 Apr 1998
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society and Saemor Capital
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Halloween Indicator, 'Sell in May and Go Away': Another Puzzle
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 15 Apr 1998
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2009
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9,795
The Halloween Indicator, 'Sell in May and Go Away': Another Puzzle
American Economic Review, Vol. 92, No. 5, pp. 1618-1635, December 2002
Posted: 28 Mar 2002
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2009
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9,795
21.
What is the Riskfree Rate? A Search for the Basic Building Block
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Last Revised: 01 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
New York University - Stern School of Business
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9,401
22.
Market Risk Premium Used in 56 Countries in 2011: A Survey with 6,014 Answers
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 26 Apr 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Navarra - IESE Business School, IESE Business School and IESE
There are 2 versions of this paper
Market Risk Premium Used in 56 Countries in 2011: A Survey with 6,014 Answers
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 26 Apr 2011
Downloads
9,280
Market Risk Premium Used in 56 Countries in 2011: A Survey with 6,014 Answers
IESE Business School Working Paper No. 920
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 21 Oct 2011
Downloads
1,402
Downloads
9,280
23.
The Volatility Effect: Lower Risk Without Lower Return
Journal of Portfolio Management, pp. 102-113, Fall 2007, ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2007-044-F&A
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 17 Apr 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Robeco Asset Management - Quantitative Strategies and Robeco Asset Management - Quantitative Strategies
Downloads
9,172
24.
Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 11 Jan 2015
Last Revised: 21 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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8,362
25.
Foreign Direct Investment Theories: An Overview of the Main FDI Theories
European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, No. 3, December 2010
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 09 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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8,122
26.
Differences and Similarities in Islamic and Conventional Banking
International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 2
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 21 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES or FAST-NU) - FAST School of Business
Downloads
7,826
27.
A Multifractal Model of Asset Returns
Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1164, Sauder School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Working Paper Series
Yale University - International Center for Finance, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and EDHEC Business School - Department of Economics & Finance
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7,760
28.
Fallacies, Irrelevant Facts, and Myths in the Discussion of Capital Regulation: Why Bank Equity is Not Socially Expensive
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2013/23, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 161, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 13-7
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 04 Nov 2013
Last Revised: 12 Jan 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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7,665
29.
Foreign Direct Investment in China: Effects on Growth and Economic Performance
Institute for International Economics Working Paper No. 01-03
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 15 Feb 2002
Working Paper Series
Institute for International Economics and Institute for International Economics
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7,436
30.
Russian Privatization and Corporate Governance: What Went Wrong?
As published in Stanford Law Review, Vol. 52, pp. 1731-1808, 2000.
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 22 Sep 1999
Accepted Paper Series
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Harvard Law School and University of Maryland - Center on Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS)
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7,400
31.
Tactical Allocation in Commodity Futures Markets: Combining Momentum and Term Structure Signals
Journal of Banking and Finance 34, 2530-2548
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 19 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Cass Business School, City University of London, Audencia Nantes School of Management and City University of London - Sir John Cass Business School
Downloads
7,370
32.
Why Did Some Banks Perform Better during the Credit Crisis? A Cross-Country Study of the Impact of Governance and Regulation
Charles A Dice Center Working Paper No. 2009-12 , Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2009-03-012
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 17 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 27 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
Bocconi University - Department of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Why Did Some Banks Perform Better during the Credit Crisis? A Cross-Country Study of the Impact of Governance and Regulation
Charles A Dice Center Working Paper No. 2009-12 , Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2009-03-012
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 17 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 27 Sep 2010
Downloads
7,360
Why Did Some Banks Perform Better During the Credit Crisis? A Cross-Country Study of the Impact of Governance and Regulation
NBER Working Paper No. w15180
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Downloads
116
Downloads
7,360
33.
Statistical Arbitrage in the U.S. Equities Market
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 30 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
New York University (NYU) - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and New York University (NYU) - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Downloads
7,306
34.
The Norway Model
Journal of Portfolio Management, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2012, pages 67ā81
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 04 Oct 2011
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, Department of Finance & Accounting, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and AQR Capital Management
Downloads
7,282
35.
Some New Evidence on Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1531
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Grand Valley State University and Independent
Downloads
7,267
36.
Finding Yield in a 2% World
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 04 Feb 2016
Working Paper Series
Cambria Investment Management
Downloads
7,262
37.
Striking Oil: Another Puzzle?
EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 14 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Rotterdam School of Management, Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society and APG Asset Management
There are 3 versions of this paper
Striking Oil: Another Puzzle?
EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 14 Aug 2005
Downloads
6,996
Striking Oil: Another Puzzle
ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2003-082-F&A
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 30 Nov 2006
Downloads
826
Downloads
6,996
38.
Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets
Review of Financial Studies ( 2011), 24(11), .
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 01 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets
Review of Financial Studies ( 2011), 24(11), .
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 01 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2012
Downloads
6,881
Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets
NBER Working Paper No. w14082
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Downloads
104
Downloads
6,881
39.
Cryptocurrencies: A Brief Thematic Review
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Working Paper Series
University of New South Wales (UNSW), UNSW Business School
Downloads
6,742
40.
Corporate Governance, Investor Protection and Performance in Emerging Markets
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2818
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 19 Mar 2002
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
Downloads
6,658
41.
An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 74, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Working Paper No. 11-05
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 03 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
Center for Global Development, Birk Consulting and Cornell University
Downloads
6,348
42.
The Legal and Institutional Preconditions for Strong Securities Markets
UCLA Law Review, vol. 48, pp. 781-855, 2001, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 179
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 06 Oct 1999
Last Revised: 27 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
6,317
43.
Measuring Loss Potential of Hedge Fund Strategies
Journal of Alternative Investments, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 7-31, Summer 2004
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 04 Jan 2005
Accepted Paper Series
AQR Capital Management, LLC and UBS Wealth Managment Research
Downloads
6,223
44.
100 Questions (and Answers) About IFRS
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 31 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Accounting and Commercial Law
Downloads
6,129
45.
Global Real Estate Markets: Cycles and Fundamentals
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 99-03
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 05 Apr 1999
Working Paper Series
National Association of Real Estate Investment TrustsĀ®, Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance and Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Global Real Estate Markets: Cycles and Fundamentals
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 99-03
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 05 Apr 1999
Downloads
6,117
Global Real Estate Markets - Cycles and Fundamentals
NBER Working Paper No. w7566
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 11 Jul 2000
Last Revised: 16 Oct 2010
Downloads
217
Downloads
6,117
46.
The Crisis: Basic Mechanisms, and Appropriate Policies
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-01
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 10 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2009
Working Paper Series
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Crisis: Basic Mechanisms, and Appropriate Policies
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 09-01
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 10 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2009
Downloads
5,852
The Crisis: Basic Mechanisms and Appropriate Policies
IMF Working Paper No. 09/80
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 28 Apr 2009
Downloads
1,038
Downloads
5,852
47.
Bitcoin - Asset or Currency? Revealing Users' Hidden Intentions
ECIS 2014 (Tel Aviv)
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 16 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 22 May 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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5,840
48.
Systemic Risk: A Survey
ECB Working Paper No. 35
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 13 Mar 2001
Working Paper Series
Banque de France - Economic Study and Research Division and European Central Bank (ECB)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Downloads
5,791
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70
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5,791
49.
The Subprime Panic
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 08-25
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 01 Oct 2008
Working Paper Series
Yale School of Management
There are 3 versions of this paper
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5,743
The Subprime Panic
NBER Working Paper No. w14398
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 10 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 14 Oct 2008
Downloads
318
The Subprime Panic
European Financial Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 10-46, January 2009
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 02 Jan 2009
Downloads
8
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5,743
50.
Cryptofinance
Number of pages: 141
Posted: 19 May 2014
Last Revised: 16 Jan 2016
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
Downloads
5,713
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