Lehman Brothers : a crisis of value / Oonagh McDonald.
Material type: TextSeries: Open Access e-Books | Knowledge UnlatchedPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- Lehman Brothers (1993-2008)
- Lehman Brothers -- History
- Lehman Brothers
- Lehman Brothers (1993-2008)
- Investment banking -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Bank failures -- United States
- Financial crises -- United States
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- Bank failures -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009
- Banques -- Faillites -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 21e siècle
- Banques d'affaires -- New York (État) -- New York -- Histoire
- Banques -- Faillites -- États-Unis
- Business & Economics -- Banks & Banking
- Bank failures
- Financial crises
- Investment banking
- New York (State) -- New York
- United States
- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
- 2008-2009
- 332.620973 23
- HG5129.N5 M33 2016
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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