Wall Street and Main Street: The macroeconomic consequences of New York bank suspensions, 1866-1914

Cliometrica

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-130

  James, John A ^a   McAndrews, James ^b   Weiman, David F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crises; National banking system; Panics; Payments system; Suspension of payments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876826973     PISSN: 18632505     EISSN: 18632513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-012-0083-x     Document Type: Article

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