Brunnermeier, Markus K; Schnabel, Isabel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper reviews some of the most prominent asset price bubbles from the past 400 years and documents how central … banks (or other institutions) reacted to those bubbles. The historical evidence suggests that the emergence of bubbles is … often preceded or accompanied by an expansionary monetary policy, lending booms, capital inflows, and financial innovation …