The lender of last resort concept: from Bagehot to the crisis of 2007
The crisis that has unfolded since the summer of 2007 has provided an opportunity to experiment in vivo one of the most important pillars of economic theory: the lender of last resort (LOLR). We begin by examining the LOLR from a theoretical point of view, and describe its fundamental principles. We...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association Recherche & Régulation
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Series: | Revue de la Régulation |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/8903 |