Salazar, Mauricio Pérez - In: Revista de Economía Institucional 10 (2008) July-December, pp. 19-54
This article analyzes the causes of U.S. mortgage backed securities crisis, a crucial market in the financial panic of 2008. It shows that irrational behavior of investors is not infrequent, as evidenced by Ponzi schemes and bubbles. A comparison is made between traditional and new models of...