Moessner, Richhild - 2010
measured by falls in international short-term indebtedness and total bank deposits, was smaller than that of 1931. However …, central bank liquidity provision was larger in 2008-09 than in 1931, when it had been constrained in many countries by the … gold standard. Liquidity shortages destroyed the international monetary system in 1931. By contrast, central bank liquidity …