Currency elasticity and banking panics: Theory and evidence

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 828-864

  Champ, Bruce ^a   Smith, Bruce D ^b   Williamson, Stephen D ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0000268370     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136217     Document Type: Article

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