Possible Financial Crisis Topics

Microeconomics Final Project

1. Subprime Mortgage Lending

2. GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac)

3. Securitization

4. Shadow Banking System

5. Bank/Financial Institution Regulation

6. Efficient Market Hypothesis

7. Role of Compensation Systems in the Crisis

8. Bear Stearns

9. Lehman Brothers

10. AIG

11. The Role of Credit Rating Agencies

12. Derivatives (e.g. Credit Default Swaps, CDOs, Notional Principal Contracts, etc.)

13. Banks of America – Merrill Lynch Merger

14. Carry Trades

15. Yield Curve Arbitrage

16. Repo Financing

17. Securities Regulation

18. Mark to Market Requirements

19. Role of Hedge Funds in the Crisis

20. Role of Leverage in the Crisis

21. Eurozone/PIIGS