Rules for a lender of last resort: An historical perspective
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Federal Reserve; Lender of last resort; Banking crisis; Moral hazard;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
- G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
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