Zegarra, Luis Felipe - In: Investigaciones de Historia Económica (IHE) Journal of … 09 (2013) 03, pp. 131-142
This article analyzes the impact of free-banking on the banking sector in Latin America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. I use data for seven countries to compare the entry of banks and the growth of bank output prior and after the enactment of free-banking laws to determine whether...