Was the Federal Reserve constrained by the gold standard during the Great Depression? Evidence from the 1932 open market purchase program

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-176

  Hsieh, Chang Tai ^a,b   Romer, Christina D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; MARKET CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645082917     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050706000064     Document Type: Article

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