New Perspectives on Asset Price Bubbles

by Douglas D. Evanoff, George G. Kaufman, A.G. Malliaris

Book Overview

This volume critically re-examines the profession's understanding of asset bubbles in light of the global financial crisis of 2007-09. It is well known that bubbles have occurred in the past, with the October 1929 crash as the most demonstrative example. However, the remarkably well-behaved performance of the US economy from 1945 to 2006, and, in particular during the Great Moderation period of 1984 to 2006, assured the economics profession and monetary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199844402
• ISBN13: 9780199844401
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"