Regulation, Market Structure, and the Bank Failures of the Great Depression (ICPSR 1149)

Principal Investigator(s): Wheelock, David C., Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Summary: The data collection covers state and federal banking policies that contributed to interstate differences in bank failure rates during the Great Depression. (more info)

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  • These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

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Wheelock, David C. Regulation, Market Structure, and the Bank Failures of the Great Depression. ICPSR01149-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998-08-27. doi:10.3886/ICPSR01149.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01149.v1

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Scope of Study

Summary:   The data collection covers state and federal banking policies that contributed to interstate differences in bank failure rates during the Great Depression.

Subject Terms:   bank failures, federal government, financial institutions, Great Depression (1929), historical data, monetary policy, regulation, states (USA)

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Data Collection Notes:

(1) The files submitted are MA95DATA.DW and MA95PGM.DW, both ASCII data files. (2) These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

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Original ICPSR Release:  1998-08-27

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