The political lessons of depression-era banking reform

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 540-560

  Calomiris, Charles W ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank regulation; Branch banking; Deposit insurance; Glass Steagall; Real bills doctrine; Regulation Q; Unit banking

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC REFORM; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GREAT DEPRESSION; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MONETARY POLICY;

EID: 78149478787     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq020     Document Type: Article

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