The Financial Crisis and the Policy Responses: An Empirical Analysis of What Went Wrong / John B. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, John B.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w14631.

NBER working paper series no. w14631

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

The Financial Crisis and the Policy Responses

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2009.

Summary:

This paper is an empirical investigation of the role of government actions and interventions in the financial crisis that flared up in August 2007. It integrates and summarizes several ongoing empirical research projects with the aim of learning from past policy. The evidence is presented in a series of charts which are backed up by statistical analysis in these research projects.

Notes:

Print version record

January 2009.