Lehman Brothers : a crisis of value / Oonagh McDonald.

By:

McDonald, Oonagh [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781526103956
1526103958
9781526100580
1526100584
9781526100504
1526100509

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lehman Brothers.DDC classification:

332.620973 23

LOC classification:

HG5129.N5 M33 2016

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. From cotton trader to investment banker: 1844-2008 -- 2. From hubris to nemesis: January to September 2008 -- 3. The fateful weekend -- 4. Regulating the 'Big Five' -- 5. The largest bankruptcy in American history -- 6. The destruction of value -- 7. Lehman's valuation of its assets -- 8. Measuring value -- 9. Monitoring value -- 10. Chasing a chimera? -- Appendix 1. The Lehman Brothers Board of Directors in 2007 -- Appendix 2. The Lehman Brothers Corporate Structure -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse, investigates why the government refused a bail-out and whether the implications of this refusal were fully understood.

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Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse, investigates why the government refused a bail-out and whether the implications of this refusal were fully understood.