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Branch Banking as a Device for Discipline: Competition and Bank Survivorship during the Great Depression by Carlson, Mark, Mitchener, Kris James

“…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…”
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Arresting Banking Panics: Federal Reserve Liquidity Provision and the Forgotten Panic of 1929 by Carlson, Mark, Mitchener, Kris James, Richardson, Gary

“…Scholars differ on whether central bank intervention mitigates banking panics. In April 1929, a fruit fly infestation in Florida forced the U.S. government to…”
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Institutions, Competition, and Capital Market Integration in Japan by Mitchener, Kris James, Ohnuki, Mari

“…Using a newly constructed panel data set, which includes annual estimates of lending rates for 47 Japanese prefectures, we analyze why interest rates converged…”
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Are Prudential Supervision and Regulation Pillars of Financial Stability? Evidence from the Great Depression by Mitchener, Kris James

“…Drawing on the variation in financial distress across U.S. states during the Great Depression, this article suggests how bank supervision and regulation…”
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The effects of countercyclical interest rates: Evidence from the classical gold standard by Mitchener, Kris James, Pina, Gonçalo

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Capital controls and recovery from the financial crisis of the 1930s by Mitchener, Kris James, Wandschneider, Kirsten

“…We examine the first widespread use of capital controls in response to a global or regional financial crisis. In particular, we analyze whether capital…”
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Do disinflation policies ravage central bank finances? by Humann, Théodore, Mitchener, Kris James, Monnet, Eric

“…Advanced-economy central banks are currently experiencing losses. To examine how rate-tightening cycles affect central bank finances, we study the financial…”
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Pegxit pressure by Mitchener, Kris James, Pina, Gonçalo

“…•Build a novel panel database with principal export prices and currency-risk spreads.•The monthly data span 21 countries and 40 years during the classical…”
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News and Notices by Eichengreen, Barry, James Mitchener, Kris

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News and Notices by Eichengreen, Barry, James Mitchener, Kris

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News and Notices by Eichengreen, Barry, Mitchener, Kris James

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Contagion of fear: Panics, money, and the Great Depression by Marodin, Fabrizio Almeida, Mitchener, Kris James, Richardson, Gary

“…Despite its centrality in debates about the causes and consequences of the Great Depression, banking panics’ impact on the money supply during this period…”
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Uncertainty and Hyperinflation: European Inflation Dynamics after World War I by Lopez, Jose A, Mitchener, Kris James

“…Fiscal deficits, elevated debt-to-GDP ratios, and high inflation rates suggest hyperinflation could have potentially emerged in many European countries after…”
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The Smoot-Hawley Trade War by Mitchener, Kris James, O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj, Wandschneider, Kirsten

“…Abstract We document the outbreak of a trade war after the United States adopted the Smoot-Hawley tariff in June 1930. U.S. trade partners initially protested,…”
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Bank Regulation, Network Topology, and Systemic Risk: Evidence from the Great Depression by DAS, SANJIV R., MITCHENER, KRIS JAMES, VOSSMEYER, ANGELA

“…We study how bank regulation interacts with network topology to influence systemic stability. Employing unique hand‐collected data on the correspondent network…”
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The 4D Future of Economic History: Digitally-Driven Data Design by Mitchener, Kris James

“…Digitally-driven data design offers the potential to reinvigorate our field, make startlingly new observations about the past, and allow thousands of more…”
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The Evolution of Bank Supervisory Institutions: Evidence from American States by Mitchener, Kris James, Jaremski, Matthew

“…We use a novel data set spanning 1820–1910 to assess the factors leading to the creation of formal bank supervisory institutions across American states. We…”
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Shadowy Banks and Financial Contagion during the Great Depression: A Retrospective on Friedman and Schwartz by Mitchener, Kris James, Richardson, Gary

“…This essay assesses whether network linkages within the banking system amplified the real effects of bank failures during the Great Contraction. In 1929,…”
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Trade and Empire by Mitchener, Kris James, Weidenmier, Marc

“…We employ a new database of over 21,000 bilateral trade observations from 1870-1913 to assess the contemporaneous effects of empire on trade. Our analysis…”
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Introduction to the Special Issue: A new economic history of China by Mitchener, Kris James, Ma, Debin

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