Details about Eugene White

E-mail:	white@economics.rutgers.edu
Homepage:	http://econweb.rutgers.edu/white/
Phone:	732-932-7363
Postal address:	Department of Economics Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey 08901
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2015

1. Protecting Financial Stability in the Aftermath of World War I: The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Dissenting Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
2. The Evolution of the Financial Stability Mandate: From Its Origins to the Present Day
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

2014

3. FLOATING A “LIFEBOAT”: THE BANQUE DE FRANCE AND THE CRISIS OF 1889
   Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (5)
4. THE EVOLUTION OF BANK BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN NEW YORK, 1840-1950
   Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (1)
   See also Chapter The Evolution of Bank Boards of Directors in New York, 1840–1950, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
5. Unprecedented Actions: The Federal Reserve’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis in Historical Perspective
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
   Also in Globalization Institute Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (2014) View citations (9)

2013

6. Competition Among the Exchanges before the SEC: Was the NYSE a Natural Hegemon?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Competition among the exchanges before the SEC: was the NYSE a natural hegemon?, Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press (2013) View citations (13) (2013)
7. Monetary Regimes and Policy on a Global Scale: The Oeuvre of Michael D. Bordo
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2011

8. "To Establish a More Effective Supervision of Banking": How the Birth of the Fed Altered Bank Supervision
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)

2010

9. Danger on the Exchange: How Counterparty Risk Was Managed on the Paris Bourse in the Nineteenth Century
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2009

10. Lessons from the Great American Real Estate Boom and Bust of the 1920s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
    See also Chapter Lessons from the Great American Real Estate Boom and Bust of the 1920s, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (23) (2014)

2007

11. The Crash of 1882, Counterparty Risk, and the Bailout of the Paris Bourse
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

2006

12. Anticipating the Stock Market Crash of 1929: The View from the Floor of the Stock Exchange
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. Bubbles and Busts: The 1990s in the Mirror of the 1920s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    Also in FRU Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Finance Research Unit (2004) View citations (2)
14. How Occupied France Financed Its Own Exploitation in World War II
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article How Occupied France Financed Its Own Exploitation in World War II, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) View citations (9) (2007)
15. How occupied France financed its own exploitation during WW2
    Working Papers CEB, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (8)

2005

16. The Highest Price Ever: The Great NYSE Seat Sale of 1928-1929 and Capacity Constraints
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Highest Price Ever: The Great NYSE Seat Sale of 1928–1929 and Capacity Constraints, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2007) View citations (6) (2007)

2002

17. How Could Everyone Have Been So Wrong? Forecasting The Great Depression With The Railroads
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article How could everyone have been so wrong? Forecasting the Great Depression with the railroads, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2005) View citations (21) (2005)
18. U.S. Stock Market Crashes and Their Aftermath: Implications for Monetary Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (105)
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2002) View citations (109)
19. Who Panics During Panics? Evidence from a Nineteenth Century Savings Bank
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2002) View citations (3)

2001

20. France's Slow Transition from Privatized to Government-Administered Tax Collection: Tax Farming in the Eighteenth Century
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

1999

21. California Banking in the Nineteenth Century: The Art and Method of the Bank of A. Levy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations (1)
22. France and the Failure to Modernize Macroeconomic Institutions
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
23. Making the French Pay: The Costs and Consequences of the Napoleonic Reparations
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Making the French pay: The costs and consequences of the Napoleonic reparations, European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2001) View citations (14) (2001)
24. The Costs and Consequences of the Napoleonic Reparations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1997

25. The Legacy of Deposit Insurance: The Growth, Spread, and Cost of Insuring Financial Intermediaries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter The Legacy of Deposit Insurance: The Growth, Spread, and Cost of Insuring Financial Intermediaries, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (12) (1998)

1996

26. An Overplayed Hand: France and the Bretton Woods International Monetary System
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
27. The Distributional Dynamics of the French Revolution: A Forty Year War of Attrition
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics

1995

28. Deposit insurance
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)

1994

29. France and the Bretton Woods International Monetary System: 1960-1968
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
30. The New York Stock Market in the 1920s and 1930s: Did Stock Prices Move Together Too Much?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

1991

31. Was there a bubble in the 1929 Stock Market?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Was There a Bubble in the 1929 Stock Market?, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1993) View citations (51) (1993)

1990

32. British and French Finance During the Napoleonic Wars
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

1989

33. Commercial banks and securities markets: lessons of the 1920s and 1930s for the 1980s and 1990s
    Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Journal Articles

2013

1. Competition among the exchanges before the SEC: was the NYSE a natural hegemon?
   Financial History Review, 2013, 20, (1), 29-48 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Competition Among the Exchanges before the SEC: Was the NYSE a Natural Hegemon?, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (11) (2013)

2012

2. The Glass–Steagall Act in historical perspective
   The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2012, 52, (2), 104-113 View citations (5)

2011

3. Danger on the exchange: How counterparty risk was managed on the Paris exchange in the nineteenth century
   Explorations in Economic History, 2011, 48, (4), 478-493 View citations (11)

2009

4. Bankrupting the enemy: the US financial siege of Japan before Pearl Harbor – By Edward S. Miller
   Economic History Review, 2009, 62, (1), 242-243

2008

5. How Much Can a Victor Force the Vanquished to Pay? France under the Nazi Boot
   The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (1), 1-45 View citations (32)

2007

6. How Occupied France Financed Its Own Exploitation in World War II
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 295-299 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper How Occupied France Financed Its Own Exploitation in World War II, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
7. The Crash of 1882 and the Bailout of the Paris Bourse
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2007, 1, (2), 115-144 View citations (23)
8. The Highest Price Ever: The Great NYSE Seat Sale of 1928–1929 and Capacity Constraints
   The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (3), 705-739 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper The Highest Price Ever: The Great NYSE Seat Sale of 1928-1929 and Capacity Constraints, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (5) (2005)

2005

9. How could everyone have been so wrong? Forecasting the Great Depression with the railroads
   Explorations in Economic History, 2005, 42, (1), 27-55 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper How Could Everyone Have Been So Wrong? Forecasting The Great Depression With The Railroads, Departmental Working Papers (2002) View citations (5) (2002)

2004

10. From privatized to government‐administered tax collection: tax farming in eighteenth‐century France
    Economic History Review, 2004, 57, (4), 636-663 View citations (12)

2003

11. Historical perspectives on financial development and economic growth - commentary
    Review, 2003, 85, (Jul), 107-110
12. How it all began: the rise of listing requirements on the London, Berlin, Paris, and New York stock exchanges
    The International Journal of Accounting, 2003, 38, (2), 117-143 View citations (11)
13. The Panics of 1854 and 1857: A View from the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (1), 213-240 View citations (52)

2001

14. Making the French pay: The costs and consequences of the Napoleonic reparations
    European Review of Economic History, 2001, 5, (3), 337-365 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Making the French Pay: The Costs and Consequences of the Napoleonic Reparations, Departmental Working Papers (1999) View citations (4) (1999)
15. Pablo Martín Aceña y Jaime Reis (eds): Monetary Standards in the Periphery: Paper, Silver and Gold, Basingstoke, Macmillan Press Ltd., 2000, 264 pp
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2001, 19, (2), 489-492

1998

16. Were banks special intermediaries in late nineteenth century America?
    Review, 1998, (May), 13-32 View citations (6)

1996

17. The past and future of economic history in economics
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1996, 36, (Supplement 1), 61-72

1995

18. Stock Market Bubbles? A Reply
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (3), 655-665 View citations (1)
19. The French Revolution and the Politics of Government Finance, 1770–1815
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (2), 227-255 View citations (21)

1994

20. Was the Crash of 1929 Expected?
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (1), 271-81 View citations (49)

1993

21. La France et le système monétaire de Bretton Woods
    Revue d'Économie Financière, 1993, 26, (3), 249-286
22. Was There a Bubble in the 1929 Stock Market?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (3), 549-574 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper Was there a bubble in the 1929 Stock Market?, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (10) (1991)

1992

23. A Monetary History of France in the Twentieth Century. By Jean-Pierre Patat and Michel Lutfalla. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Pp. xxx, 312. $55.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (2), 491-492
24. Comments on McCants, Puffert and Sussman
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (2), 461-464
25. Isabel Mugartegui Eguía: Hacienda y fiscalidad en Guipúzcoa durante el Antiguo Régimen, 1700–1814, Fundación Cultural Caja de Guipúzcoa, 1989, 295 pp
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1992, 10, (2), 332-335
26. Modern Europe - La fortune de Sully. By Isabelle Aristide. Paris: Comité pour l'Histoire Économique et Financiére de la France, Ministére de l'Économie des Finances et du Budget, 1990. Pp. xxv, 497. 270 F
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (2), 482-483
27. Modern Europe - État, finances et économie pendant la Révolution française. Comité pour l'Histoire Économique et Financière de la France. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1991. Pp. xxx, 621. 199F
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (4), 945-946

1991

28. A Tale of Two Currencies: British and French Finance During the Napoleonic Wars
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (2), 303-316 View citations (74)

1990

29. Free banking during the French Revolution
    Explorations in Economic History, 1990, 27, (3), 251-276 View citations (1)
30. The Stock Market Boom and Crash of 1929 Revisited
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1990, 4, (2), 67-83 View citations (91)

1989

31. Leandro Prados de la Escosura: De Imperio a Nación: Crecimiento y atraso económico en España (1780–1930), Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 1988, 285 pp
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1989, 7, (2), 532-536
32. Was There a Solution to the Ancien Régime's Financial Dilemma?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (3), 545-568 View citations (15)

1987

33. Leadership at the Fed. By Donald F. Kettl. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. Pp. xiii, 218. $22.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (2), 585-586
34. Necker and the Revolution of 1789. By Robert D. Harris. Lanham: University Press of America, 1986. Pp. ix, 805. $38.75
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (3), 803-805
35. ¿Fueron inflacionarias las finanzas estatales en el siglo XVIII? Una nueva interpretación de los vales reales*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 1987, 5, (3), 509-526 View citations (1)

1986

36. Before the Glass-Steagall Act: An analysis of the investment banking activities of national banks
    Explorations in Economic History, 1986, 23, (1), 33-55 View citations (67)
37. Citibank, 1812–1970. By Harold van B. Cleveland and Thomas F. Huertas. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. Harvard Studies in Business History. Pp. xx, 456.$25.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (3), 874-875

1985

38. The Merger Movement in Banking, 1919–1933
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (2), 285-291 View citations (6)

1983

39. A History of Banking in Arizona. By Larry Schweikart. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1982. pp. x, 253. $16.50 cloth, $9.50 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (2), 543-545
40. Use of the principal component method in the maximum likelihood estimation procedure of the logit model
    Economics Letters, 1983, 12, (1), 43-48

1982

41. The Political Economy of Banking Regulation, 1864–1933
    The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (1), 33-40 View citations (28)
42. The membership problem of the National Banking System
    Explorations in Economic History, 1982, 19, (2), 110-127 View citations (2)

1981

43. State-Sponsored Insurance of Bank Deposits in the United States, 1907–1929
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (3), 537-557 View citations (12)

Books

2014

1. Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)

1998

2. The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (184)

Edited books

2014

1. Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (35)

Chapters

2014

1. Introduction to "Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective"
   A chapter in Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective, 2014, pp 1-13 View citations (8)
2. Lessons from the Great American Real Estate Boom and Bust of the 1920s
   A chapter in Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective, 2014, pp 115-158 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper Lessons from the Great American Real Estate Boom and Bust of the 1920s, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (39) (2009)
3. The Evolution of Bank Boards of Directors in New York, 1840–1950
   A chapter in Enterprising America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective, 2014, pp 107-145 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper THE EVOLUTION OF BANK BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN NEW YORK, 1840-1950, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

1998

4. The Legacy of Deposit Insurance: The Growth, Spread, and Cost of Insuring Financial Intermediaries
   A chapter in The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century, 1998, pp 87-121 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper The Legacy of Deposit Insurance: The Growth, Spread, and Cost of Insuring Financial Intermediaries, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) (1997)

1994

5. The Origins of Federal Deposit Insurance
   A chapter in The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, 1994, pp 145-188 View citations (56)