Intensified regulatory scrutiny and bank distress in New York City during the great depression

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 446-465

  Richardson, Gary ^a,b   Van Horn, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450227329     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709000849     Document Type: Article

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