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Economic Commentary

Risk Management and Financial Crisis

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Some financial failures occur when people don’t understand the risks they take. Others are simply bad luck. But the most important cases happen when private risks have an additional social aspect.

02.01.2001EC 2/1/2001

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Haubrich, Joseph G. 2001. “Risk Management and Financial Crisis.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 2/1/2001.

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