Fundamentals, panics, and bank distress during the depression

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1615-1647

  Calomiris, Charles W ^a,b   Mason, Joseph R ^c,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 2942729846     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803322655473     Document Type: Review

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