Abstract

AZIZ, Bilal. Financial Crisis 2007-2009: How Real Estate Bubble and Transparency and Accountability Issues Generated and Worsen the Crisis. Estud. front [online]. 2012, vol.13, n.26, pp.201-221. ISSN 2395-9134.

This paper seeks to explain some main factors behind the Financial Crisis 20072009 with a special focus on the Real Estate Bubble and Transparency and Accountability Issues in US Financial System and how these two factors generated and worsen the crisis. Financial Crisis 2007-2009, which starts from the United States sub-prime mortgage market and spread to US financial sector and later on spread to the rest of world, is said to be an even bigger crisis than the Great Depression of 1929. This crisis is unique in this way and we haven't seen such a bigger impact world wide from any other crisis. This paper would empirically prove the main causes which are right in the heart of the crisis and least discussed.

Keywords : sub-prime mortgages; housing bubble; mortgage back securities; conduits; wealth and income inequalities.