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Fighting financial crises : learning from the past

Title
Fighting financial crises : learning from the past / Gary B.Gorton and Ellis W. Tallman.
Author
Gorton, Gary
Publication
  • Chicago, IL ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
Tallman, Ellis W. (Ellis William), 1958-
Description
x, 234 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
If you've got some money in the bank, chances are you've never seriously worried about not being able to withdraw it. But there was a time in the United States, an era that ended just over a hundred years ago, in which bank customers had to pay close attention to whether the banking system would remain solvent, knowing they might have to rush to retrieve their savings before the bank collapsed. During the National Banking Era (1863-1913), before the establishment of the Federal Reserve, widespread banking panics were indeed rather common. --
Subject
  • New York Clearing House Association
  • 1865-1918
  • Financial crises
  • Financial crises > United States > History
  • Clearinghouses (Banking) > New York (State) > New York
  • Clearinghouses (Banking)
  • Economic history
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business
  • United States > Economic conditions > 1865-1918
  • New York (State) > New York
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index.
Binding (note)
  • Includes original dust-jacket.
Contents
Preface -- Fighting financial crises : learning from the past -- The New York Clearing House Association -- The start of a panic -- What the New York Clearing House did during National Banking Era panics -- Information production and suppression and emergency liquidity -- "Too big to fail" before the Fed -- Certified checks and the currency premium -- The change in depositors' beliefs during suspension -- Aftermath -- What ends a financial crisis? Historical reminders -- Modern crises : perspectives from history -- Guiding principles for fighting crises.
Call Number
JFE 19-3424
ISBN
  • 9780226479514
  • 022647951X
  • 9780226479651 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2018011958
  • 40028492833
OCLC
1022794519
Author
Gorton, Gary, author.
Title
Fighting financial crises : learning from the past / Gary B.Gorton and Ellis W. Tallman.
Publisher
Chicago, IL ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index.
Binding
Copy 1. Includes original dust-jacket. ICU
Chronological Term
1865-1918
Added Author
Tallman, Ellis W. (Ellis William), 1958- author.
Other Standard Identifier
40028492833
Research Call Number
JFE 19-3424
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