Banking Crises Perspectives from The New Palgrave Dictionary
Why do banks collapse? Are financial systems more fragile in recent decades? Can policies to fix the banking system do more harm than good? What's the history of banking crises? With dozens of brief, non-technical articles by economists and other research
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Banking Crises Perspectives from The New Palgrave Dictionary
Edited by Garett Jones
George Mason University, USA
Selection, preface and editorial matter r Garett Jones 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-55378-2 All articles first published in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition Edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume in eight volumes, 2008 or The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics Edited by John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman in four volumes, 1987 Some entries in this volume have been updated since their original publication. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgraves and Macmillans are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
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Contents List of Figures
vii
Federal Reserve System
94
DONALD D. HESTER
List of Tables
ix
Preface
x
List of Contributors
xiii
Bagehot, Walter (1826–1877)
01
ASA BRIGGS
Bank of England
05
CHARLES A. E. GOODHART
banking crises
18
CHARLES W. CALOMIRIS
banking industry
108
LAWRENCE H. OFFICER
Greek crisis in perspective: Origins, effects and ways-out
119
NICOS CHRISTODOULAKIS
Great Depression
144
PETER TEMIN
Great Depression, monetary and financial forces in 154 SATYAJIT CHATTERJEE AND P. DEAN CORBAE
25
DARIO FOCARELLI AND ALBERTO FRANCO POZZOLO
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