The check is in the mail: Correspondent clearing and the collapse of the banking system, 1930 to 1933

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 643-671

  Richardson, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GREAT DEPRESSION;

NASHVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948976986     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050707000265     Document Type: Article

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