Europäische Banken sind gesetzlich verpflichtet, bei ihren Geschäften strenge Regeln zur Risikoabwägung zu befolgen. Doch tatsächlich haben genau diese Regeln erst dazu geführt, dass die Finanzmärkte heiß liefen. Frank Riedel, Professor für Finanzmathematik, erklärt, wie es passieren...

Iceland was the first developed economy to fall into crisis in 2008, with the collapse of its banking sector, currency value, and economy. The collapse threw Iceland into a political crisis and provoked a serious international dispute between Iceland and Britain and the Netherlands over...

The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the crippled global financial system. Bringing together three leading financial economists to provide an international perspective, Balancing...