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Financial crisis and information gaps

Comments on a proposal by Otmar Issing and Jan Pieter Krahnen

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Against the background of the present financial crisis Otmar Issing and Jan Krahnen, members of the expert commission advising the German government on issues relating to financial crisis prevention, have suggested the creation of a “global risk map” to be enhanced by a global credit register.1 The following article comments and elaborates on this proposal and its practical implementation.

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  1. Financial Stability Department, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Bernd Braasch

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This article expresses solely the personal views of the author. First version finalised end of February 2009.

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Braasch, B. Financial crisis and information gaps. Intereconomics 44, 208–214 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-009-0297-8

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