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The Founding of the Federal Reserve, the Great Depression and the Evolution of the U.S. Interbank Network

Jaremski, Matthew S. - 2019

Financial network structure is an important determinant of systemic risk. This paper examines how the U.S. interbank network evolved over a long and important period that included two key events: the founding of the Federal Reserve and the Great Depression. Banks established connections to...

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Does the Structure of Banking Markets Affect Economic Growth? Evidence from U.S. State Banking Markets

Mitchener, Kris James - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between the structure of banking markets and economic growth using a new dataset … on manufacturing industry-level growth rates and banking market concentration for U.S. states during 1899-1929--a period … when the manufacturing sector was expanding rapidly and restrictive branching laws segmented the U.S. banking system …

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Banks, Market Organization, and Macroeconomic Performance : An Agent-Based Computational Analysis

Ashraf, Quamrul - 2011

This paper is an exploratory analysis of the role that banks play in supporting the mechanism of exchange. It considers a model economy in which exchange activities are facilitated and coordinated by a self-organizing network of entrepreneurial trading firms. Collectively, these firms play the...

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