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Wildcat banking, banking panics, and free banking in the United States
Dwyer, Gerald P. (1996-12)
Banks in the United States issued currency with no oversight of any kind by the federal goverment from 1837 to 1865. Many of these banks were part of "free banking" systems with no discretionary approval of entry into banking, and these banks issued notes that were used for payments in transactions just as Federal Reserve notes are today. There was no central bank or goverment insurance, and the ultimate guarantee of the value of a bank's notes was the value of the bank's assets. As the author indicates, these banknotes have similarities to some forms of electronic money. ; Free banking in ...
Economic Review , Volume 81 , Issue Dec , Pages 1-20

Journal Article
Payments system safety evolved from national banking era lessons
anonymous (1996-04)
Financial Update , Volume 9 , Issue Apr , Pages 7

Conference Paper
The customer is always right: the case for functional regulation of financial services
Angermueller, Hans H. (1987)
Proceedings , Paper 137

Report
Restrictions on financial intermediaries and implications for aggregate fluctuations: Canada and the United States, 1870-1913
Williamson, Stephen D. (1989)
We consider a production economy with a finite number of heterogeneous, infinitely lived consumers. We show that, if the economy is smooth enough, equilibria are locally unique for almost all endowments. We do so by converting the infinite-dimensional fixed point problem stated in terms of prices and commodities into a finite-dimensional Negishi problem involving individual weights in a social value function. By adding artificial fixed factors to utility and production functions, we can write the equilibrium conditions equating spending and income for each consumer entirely in terms of ...
Staff Report , Paper 119

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The new thrift act: mending the safety net
Schiller, Timothy G.; Lang, Richard W. (1989-11)
Business Review , Issue Nov , Pages 3-8

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Private sector responses to the Panic of 1907: a comparison of New York and Chicago
Tallman, Ellis W.; Moen, Jon R. (1995-03)
The trend toward greater provision of payments services by nonbank providers raises a question for regulators: What if these nonbank institutions suffer unfavorable balances or experience a run? The authors of this article look to the Panic of 1907 as an example of how private market participants, in the absence of government institutions, react to a crisis in their industry. They suggest that New York's and Chicago's contrasting experiences during the panic may provide useful lessons for both regulators and market participants. ; The article compares responses to the panic by bank ...
Economic Review , Volume 80 , Issue Mar , Pages 1-9

Journal Article
Firewalls
Walter, John R. (1996-10)
Economic Quarterly , Issue Fall , Pages 15-39

Conference Paper
Public policy and the evolution of banking markets
Gorton, Gary (1989)
Proceedings , Paper 237

Journal Article
The lender of last resort : alternative views and historical experience
Bordo, Michael D. (1990-01)
Four views on the proper role of the lender of last resort are defined. Historical evidence is given on the causes of banking panics in the U.S. and other countries and the roles lenders of last resort played in resolving them.
Economic Review , Volume 76 , Issue Jan , Pages 18-29

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A survey of the origins and purposes of deposit protection programs
Radecki, Lawrence J. (1990)
Research Paper , Paper 9034

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