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Who Listened? Unappreciated Teachings of New Institutional Economics Related to the Financial Crisis 2008

Who Listened? Unappreciated Teachings of New Institutional Economics Related to the Financial Crisis of 2008 Who was listening before the Financial Crisis of 2008 to Arrow's warnings and the teachings of Coase? Due to transaction costs, incomplete foresight and bounded rationality not all risks that would be desirable to shift can be shifted through the market. Financial firms and other institutions take on part of the burden. To expand the frontier of risk trading requires institutional answers – in particular new forms of credible commitments. Improvements in information technology alone do not do the trick. (JEL D40, E40, E44, G 20, G21, G28, G29)

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Kredit und Kapital ; ISSN: 1865-5734 ; Volume: 42 ; Year: 2009 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 473-485

Classification
Wirtschaft
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: General
Money and Interest Rates: General
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Financial Institutions and Services: General
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation
Financial Institutions and Services: Other

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Richter, Rudolf
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Duncker & Humblot
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2009

DOI
doi:10.3790/kuk.42.4.473
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  • Richter, Rudolf
  • Duncker & Humblot

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  • 2009

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