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The banking panics of the Great Depression, Elmus Wicker, (electronic resource)

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This is the first full-length study of five US banking panics of the Great Depression. Previous studies of the Depression have approached the banking panics from a macroeconomic viewpoint; Professor Wicker fills a lacuna in current knowledge by reconstructing a close historical narrative of each of the panics, investigating their origins, magnitude, and effects. He makes a detailed analysis of the geographical incidence of the disturbances using the Federal Reserve District as the basic unit, and reappraises the role of Federal Reserve officials in the panics. His findings challenge many of the commonly held assumptions about the events of 1930 and 1931, for example the belief that the increase in the discount rate in October 1931 initiated a wave of bank suspensions and hoarding. This meticulous account will be of wide interest to students of the Great Depression, monetary and financial historians, financial economists and macroeconomists.--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xviii, 174 pages)
Contents
  • The microhistory of the banking crisis
  • Interest rates and the banking crisis of 1930
  • Expenditure effects of the banking crisis
  • The banking crisis as a cause of the Great Depression
  • The role of the Federal Reserve in the banking crisis
  • What should the Fed have done?
  • The two banking crises of 1931
  • The region specific second banking crisis: April-August 1931
  • The third banking crisis: September-October 1931 -- two crises contrasted
  • Mini panics in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Chicago
  • The banking situation in the United States, 1921-33
  • The gold crisis: Britain's departure from the gold standard and the Fed's response
  • Was there something special about the 1931 banking crisis?
  • Role of the 1931 crises in contributing to the Great Depression
  • The banking panic of 1933
  • The long pause between financial storms: 1932
  • The gathering storm
  • The external drain
  • Money and capital markets during the panic
  • The Fed's response to the gathering storm
  • Expenditure effects of the 1933 panic
  • States of the economy: 1921-9 and 1930-3
  • Did the 1933 panic resemble pre-1914 panics?
  • The resolution of the banking panic
  • Banking crises of the Great Depression: a reassessment
  • The incidence of bank suspensions
  • Financial condition of US banks: 1921-9 and 1930-3
  • Definitions, characteristics and theories of banking panics
  • Banking panics of the Great Depression: an overview
  • The banking crisis of 1930
  • The geographical incidence of the banking crisis of 1930
Isbn
9780521562614
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571985
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The banking panics of the Great Depression
Title
The banking panics of the Great Depression
Statement of responsibility
Elmus Wicker
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
This is the first full-length study of five US banking panics of the Great Depression. Previous studies of the Depression have approached the banking panics from a macroeconomic viewpoint; Professor Wicker fills a lacuna in current knowledge by reconstructing a close historical narrative of each of the panics, investigating their origins, magnitude, and effects. He makes a detailed analysis of the geographical incidence of the disturbances using the Federal Reserve District as the basic unit, and reappraises the role of Federal Reserve officials in the panics. His findings challenge many of the commonly held assumptions about the events of 1930 and 1931, for example the belief that the increase in the discount rate in October 1931 initiated a wave of bank suspensions and hoarding. This meticulous account will be of wide interest to students of the Great Depression, monetary and financial historians, financial economists and macroeconomists.--
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Wicker, Elmus
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
  • Studies in macroeconomic history
  • Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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  • Banks and banking
  • Bank failures
  • Financial crises
  • Depressions
  • United States
Label
The banking panics of the Great Depression, Elmus Wicker, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571985
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Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The microhistory of the banking crisis
  • Interest rates and the banking crisis of 1930
  • Expenditure effects of the banking crisis
  • The banking crisis as a cause of the Great Depression
  • The role of the Federal Reserve in the banking crisis
  • What should the Fed have done?
  • The two banking crises of 1931
  • The region specific second banking crisis: April-August 1931
  • The third banking crisis: September-October 1931 -- two crises contrasted
  • Mini panics in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Chicago
  • The banking situation in the United States, 1921-33
  • The gold crisis: Britain's departure from the gold standard and the Fed's response
  • Was there something special about the 1931 banking crisis?
  • Role of the 1931 crises in contributing to the Great Depression
  • The banking panic of 1933
  • The long pause between financial storms: 1932
  • The gathering storm
  • The external drain
  • Money and capital markets during the panic
  • The Fed's response to the gathering storm
  • Expenditure effects of the 1933 panic
  • States of the economy: 1921-9 and 1930-3
  • Did the 1933 panic resemble pre-1914 panics?
  • The resolution of the banking panic
  • Banking crises of the Great Depression: a reassessment
  • The incidence of bank suspensions
  • Financial condition of US banks: 1921-9 and 1930-3
  • Definitions, characteristics and theories of banking panics
  • Banking panics of the Great Depression: an overview
  • The banking crisis of 1930
  • The geographical incidence of the banking crisis of 1930
Control code
CR9780511571985
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xviii, 174 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780521562614
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)715157299
Label
The banking panics of the Great Depression, Elmus Wicker, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571985
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The microhistory of the banking crisis
  • Interest rates and the banking crisis of 1930
  • Expenditure effects of the banking crisis
  • The banking crisis as a cause of the Great Depression
  • The role of the Federal Reserve in the banking crisis
  • What should the Fed have done?
  • The two banking crises of 1931
  • The region specific second banking crisis: April-August 1931
  • The third banking crisis: September-October 1931 -- two crises contrasted
  • Mini panics in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Chicago
  • The banking situation in the United States, 1921-33
  • The gold crisis: Britain's departure from the gold standard and the Fed's response
  • Was there something special about the 1931 banking crisis?
  • Role of the 1931 crises in contributing to the Great Depression
  • The banking panic of 1933
  • The long pause between financial storms: 1932
  • The gathering storm
  • The external drain
  • Money and capital markets during the panic
  • The Fed's response to the gathering storm
  • Expenditure effects of the 1933 panic
  • States of the economy: 1921-9 and 1930-3
  • Did the 1933 panic resemble pre-1914 panics?
  • The resolution of the banking panic
  • Banking crises of the Great Depression: a reassessment
  • The incidence of bank suspensions
  • Financial condition of US banks: 1921-9 and 1930-3
  • Definitions, characteristics and theories of banking panics
  • Banking panics of the Great Depression: an overview
  • The banking crisis of 1930
  • The geographical incidence of the banking crisis of 1930
Control code
CR9780511571985
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xviii, 174 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780521562614
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)715157299

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