New Directions for Understanding Systemic Risk: A Reprint from 'Economic Policy Review'

Download or read book New Directions for Understanding Systemic Risk: A Reprint from 'Economic Policy Review' written by John Kambhu and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Report on a Conference cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the National Academy of Sciences, May 18-19, 2006. Contents: (1) Introduction to Systemic Risk; (2) Current Trends in Economic Research on Systemic Risk; (3) Systemic Risk in Ecology and Engineering; (4) The Payments System and the Market for Interbank Funds; (5) Concluding Observations; Appendix A: Conference Program; Appendix B: Background Paper: Systemic Risk and the Financial System; Appendix C: About the Report Editors.