The Icelandic Financial Crisis A Study into the Worldś Smallest Currency Area and its Recovery from Total Banking Collapse

This book presents a detailed account of Iceland’s recovery from the tumultuous banking collapse that overturned its financial industry in 2008. Early chapters recount how Iceland’s central bank was unable to follow the quantitative easing policies of the time to print money and save the banks, whil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jónsson, Ásgeir (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Sigurgeirsson, Hersir, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2016.
Colección:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b36119994*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1) Too-big-to-save – the anatomy of a total collapse
  • Chapter 2) Big decisions in the small hours – making bank failure a winning strategy
  • Chapter 3) From AAA to terrorism – Icesave
  • Chapter 4) The standoff with the hedge funds – Is Iceland owned by creditors?
  • Chapter 5) What happens when you quadruple the money supply? The hangover of QE policies
  • Chapter 6) The Faustian bargain of capital controls
  • Chapter 7) Going from 40% cost
  • Chapter 8. Lessons from Iceland?.