Book contents
- The Fed and Lehman Brothers
- Studies in Macroeconomic History
- The Fed and Lehman Brothers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Chronology of the Lehman Disaster
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Crisis of 2008
- 3 The Legal Criteria for Fed Assistance
- 4 Lehman’s Balance Sheet and Solvency
- 5 Lehman’s Liquidity Crisis
- 6 Lehman’s Collateral and the Feasibility of Liquidity Support
- 7 Fed Discussions of Collateral and Liquidity Support
- 8 Fed Actions That Ensured Lehman’s Bankruptcy
- 9 Possible Long-Term Outcomes for Lehman
- 10 How Risky Were the Fed’s Rescues of Other Firms?
- 11 Who Decided that Lehman Should Fail?
- 12 Explaining the Lehman Decision
- 13 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Other books in the series (continued from page ii)
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2018
- The Fed and Lehman Brothers
- Studies in Macroeconomic History
- The Fed and Lehman Brothers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Chronology of the Lehman Disaster
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Crisis of 2008
- 3 The Legal Criteria for Fed Assistance
- 4 Lehman’s Balance Sheet and Solvency
- 5 Lehman’s Liquidity Crisis
- 6 Lehman’s Collateral and the Feasibility of Liquidity Support
- 7 Fed Discussions of Collateral and Liquidity Support
- 8 Fed Actions That Ensured Lehman’s Bankruptcy
- 9 Possible Long-Term Outcomes for Lehman
- 10 How Risky Were the Fed’s Rescues of Other Firms?
- 11 Who Decided that Lehman Should Fail?
- 12 Explaining the Lehman Decision
- 13 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Other books in the series (continued from page ii)
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- The Fed and Lehman BrothersSetting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster, pp. 1 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018