Dupont, Brandon R. - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 3 (2009) 1, pp. 27-54
Nearly every previous study of the 1893 bank panic acknowledges its regional concentration in the Western states yet few provide any in-depth study of what caused such a distinct regional pattern. Here, I recast the 1893 crisis as having its origins in agricultural markets and then spreading to...