A Simple Theory of the Financial Crisis; or, Why Fischer Black Still Matters

Tyler CowenIn this month’s Financial Analysts Journal, Tyler Cowen professor of economics at George Mason University, Virginia makes sense of the current financial crisis by drawing on some of Fischer Black’s ideas.

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