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This article surveys the recent empirical literature on historical banking crises, defined as
events taking place before 1980. Advances in data collection and identification have …

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elite had disproportionately large land holdings had significantly fewer banks per capita …

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bank portfolios; however, previous empirical research on the Great Depression offers mixed …

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busts were not unknown in the past. Huge swings in real estate prices and construction …

The author thanks conference participants, Allan Meltzer, and Joseph Mason, for helpbul
comments on earlier drafts of this chapter. 5.1 Introduction Pundits, policy makers, and …

Because California was a pioneer in the development of large-scale branching, we use its
experience during the 1920s and 1930s to assess the effects of branching on competition …

This paper provides a comparative analysis of the Great Depression (1929-1933) and the
Great Financial Crisis (2007-2009) by contrasting the crises' main driving forces and how …

The paper provides a survey of fiscal and monetary policies during the 1930s under the
Hoover and Roosevelt administrations and how they influenced the policies during the …

Crowdfunding is a means of raising finance for projects from the crowd often through an
internet-based platform where project owners pitch their idea to potential backers, who are …