A perspective on the symptoms and causes of the financial crisis

This article identifies two paradoxes prior to the onset of the financial crisis: banking profits were at historically high levels despite the impending crisis; and though profits were high the profitability of financial intermediation was poor. Using a novel model of banking, it argues that large b...

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Main Author: Cabral, Ricardo (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4970
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.uac.pt:10400.3/4970