Bank fragility, "money under the mattress", and long-run growth: US evidence from the "perfect" Panic of 1893

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2185-2198

  Ramírez, Carlos D ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

"Money hidden"; Bank failures; Convergence; Deposits; Finance growth nexus; Nebraska; Panic of 1893; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349495873     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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