Financial Markets and Financial Crises

Acknowledgments
Introduction
R. Glenn Hubbard
1. Interest Rate Spreads, Credit Constraints, and Investment Fluctuations: An Empirical Investigation
Mark Gertler, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Anil Kashyap
2. The Gold Standard, Deflation, and Financial Crisis in the Great Depression: An International Comparison
Ben Bernanke and Harold James
3. Asymmetric Information and Financial Crises: A Historical Perspective
Frederic S. Mishkin
4. The Origins of Banking Panics: Models, Facts, and Bank Regulation
Charles W. Calomiris and Gary Gorton
5. Before the Accord: U.S. Monetary-Financial Policy, 1945-51
Barry Eichengreen and Peter M. Garber
6. Is There a Corporate Debt Crisis? Another Look
Mark J. Warshawsky
7. Sustainability, Premia, and the Dollar
Bankim Chadha and Steven Symansky
8. The Continued Interest-Rate Vulnerability of Thrifts
Patric H. Hendershott and James D. Shilling
9. Caps on Adjustable Rate Mortgages: Valuation, Insurance, and Hedging
Eduardo S. Schwartz and Walter N. Torous
10. The Failure and Survival of Thrifts: Evidence from the Southeast
George J. Benston, Mike Carhill, and Brian Olasov
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index