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Abstract

The global over-the-counter derivatives market exceeded $33 trillion of gross market value as of year-end 2008, according to the Bank for International Settlements.1 Recent headlines suggest that derivatives – specifically, credit default swaps – pose an enormous potential systemic risk and that they are one of the root causes of the current economic crisis.2

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