Was the Great Depression a watershed for American monetary policy?
By: Charles W. Calomiris, David C. Wheelock.
Contributors: Wheelock, David C.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 5963; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper 5963.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.; Monetary policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945.; United States -- Economic policy -- 1945-1960.
Notes: "March 1997."

JEL no. E42, E50, N12.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-65).

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