Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Assorted

Why did the U.S. Housing go bust in 2006-07?;
There are essentially five theoretical models or frameworks that are used by economists to explain credit booms and busts. These are (1) changes in fundamentals over time; (2) irrational myopia as reflected in euphoric greed followed by fear or depressive panic; (3) implicit or explicit government subsidies and guarantees; (4) multiple equilibria or knife-edge problem; and (5) agency problems in assets management. Each of these frameworks is used to analyze the current housing problems, which triggered a U.S. financial meltdown and impacted a global economic crisis.


Banking and the Leverage Ratio

NIPFP-DEA Program on Capital Flows

India Financial Sector Self Assessment

FinancialStability.gov

Please torch my car

Structured Finance for Beginners

Credit Default Swaps, Herald of Doom (for Beginners)

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