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A look at credit default swaps and their impact on the European debt crisis

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  • Bryan J. Noeth
  • Rajdeep Sengupta

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Did you know that buying a credit default swap can be like buying insurance on your neighbor?s car?and then getting paid when that neighbor has an accident? Learn the ABCs of CDS, and find out why they are so important to any discussion of the European debt crisis.

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  • Bryan J. Noeth & Rajdeep Sengupta, 2012. "A look at credit default swaps and their impact on the European debt crisis," The Regional Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue Apr.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedlre:y:2012:i:apr:x:1
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    1. Maria do Rosario CORREIA & Christian GOKUS & Andrew Hughes HALLETT & Christian R. RICHTER, 2016. "A Dynamic Analysis of the Determinants of the Greek Credit Default Swaps," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 3(2), pages 350-376, June.
    2. IANCU, Aurel, 2013. "Extending Financialisation and Increasing Fragility of the Financial System," Working Papers of National Institute for Economic Research 130307, Institutul National de Cercetari Economice (INCE).
    3. Vogel, Heinz-Dieter & Bannier, Christina E. & Heidorn, Thomas, 2013. "Functions and characteristics of corporate and sovereign CDS," Frankfurt School - Working Paper Series 203, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
    4. Deceanu Liviu & Ciobanu Gheorghe, 2014. "Towards New Meanings Of Sovereign Debt," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 23-33, July.
    5. Iancu, Aurel, 2013. "Financialisation: Structure, Extent, Consequences," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(2), pages 172-192, June.

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    Credit; Financial crises; Europe;
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