What is leverage? Which were more highly leveraged prior to the financial crisis of 20072009: commercial banks

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What is leverage? Which were more highly leveraged prior to the financial crisis of 2007–2009: commercial banks or investment banks? Briefly explain why. What became of the large, standalone investment banks during the financial crisis?

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Money, Banking, and the Financial System

ISBN: 978-0134524061

3rd edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien

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