Floating a "lifeboat": The Banque de France and the crisis of 1889

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-119

  Hautcoeur, Pierre Cyrille ^a,b   Riva, Angelo ^a,c   White, Eugene N ^d,e  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^c European Business School   (France)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bagehot; Banque de France; Central bank; Financial crisis; Lender of last resort; Lifeboat; Panic; SIFI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904515992     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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