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Working Papers

2013

1. Competition Among the Exchanges before the SEC: Was the NYSE a Natural Hegemon?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2011

2. “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 (1)

2010

3. 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

4. Lessons from the Great American Real Estate Boom and Bust of the 1920s
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Chapter (2012)

2007

5. The Crash of 1882, Counterparty Risk, and the Bailout of the Paris Bourse
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2006

6. 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
7. Bubbles and Busts: The 1990s in the Mirror of the 1920s
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in FRU Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Finance Research Unit (2004)
8. 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 in American Economic Review (2007)
9. How occupied France financed its own exploitation during WW2
   Working Papers CEB, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (2)

2005

10. The Highest Price Ever: The Great NYSE Seat Sale of 1928-1929 and Capacity Constraints
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2007)

2003

11. The panics of 1854 and 1857: a view from the Emigration Industrial Savings Bank
    Open Access publications from University College Dublin, University College Dublin

2002

12. How Could Everyone Have Been So Wrong? Forecasting The Great Depression With The Railroads
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002)
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2005)
13. U.S. Stock Market Crashes and Their Aftermath: Implications for Monetary Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2002) View citations (45)
14. Who Panics During Panics? Evidence from a Nineteenth Century Savings Bank
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
15. Who Panics during Panics? Evidence from a Nineteenth Century Bank
    Working Papers, School Of Economics, University College Dublin

2001

16. 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

17. 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)
18. France and the Failure to Modernize Macroeconomic Institutions
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
19. Making the French Pay: The Costs and Consequences of the Napoleonic Reparations
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in European Review of Economic History (2001)
20. The Costs and Consequences of the Napoleonic Reparations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1997

21. 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 (1998)

1996

22. An Overplayed Hand: France and the Bretton Woods International Monetary System
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
23. France and the Bretton Woods International Monetary System: 1960-1968
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
24. The Distributional Dynamics of the French Revolution: A Forty Year War of Attrition
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics

1995

25. Deposit insurance
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)

1994

26. France and the Breakdown of the Bretton Woods International Monetary System
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
27. 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

1991

28. British and French Finance During the Napoleonic Wars
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
29. Was there a bubble in the 1929 Stock Market?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1993)

Journal Articles

2012

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

2011

2. 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

2009

3. 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

4. How Much Can a Victor Force the Vanquished to Pay? France under the Nazi Boot
   The Journal of Economic History, 2008, 68, (01), 1-45 View citations (2)

2007

5. How Occupied France Financed Its Own Exploitation in World War II
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 295-299 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
6. The Crash of 1882 and the Bailout of the Paris Bourse
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2007, 1, (2), 115-144
7. The Highest Price Ever: The Great NYSE Seat Sale of 1928 1929 and Capacity Constraints
   The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (03), 705-739
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

8. 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 (4)
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

9. From privatized to government-administered tax collection: tax farming in eighteenth-century France -super-1
   Economic History Review, 2004, 57, (4), 636-663 View citations (1)

2003

10. Historical perspectives on financial development and economic growth - commentary
    Review, 2003, (Jul), 107-110
11. 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 (3)
12. The Panics of 1854 and 1857: A View from the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (01), 213-240 View citations (6)

2001

13. Making the French pay: The costs and consequences of the Napoleonic reparations
    European Review of Economic History, 2001, 5, (03), 337-365 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
14. 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, 2001, 19, (02), 489-492

1998

15. Were banks special intermediaries in late nineteenth century America?
    Review, 1998, (May), 13-32 View citations (1)

1996

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

1995

17. Stock Market Bubbles? A Reply
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (03), 655-665
18. The French Revolution and the Politics of Government Finance, 1770–1815
    The Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55, (02), 227-255 View citations (3)

1994

19. Was the Crash of 1929 Expected?
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (1), 271-81 View citations (10)

1993

20. Was There a Bubble in the 1929 Stock Market?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (03), 549-574 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1992

21. 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, (02), 491-492
22. Comments on McCants, Puffert and Sussman
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (02), 461-464
23. 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, 1992, 10, (02), 332-335
24. 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, (02), 482-483
25. 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, (04), 945-946

1991

26. A Tale of Two Currencies: British and French Finance During the Napoleonic Wars
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (02), 303-316 View citations (9)

1990

27. Free banking during the French Revolution
    Explorations in Economic History, 1990, 27, (3), 251-276
28. The Stock Market Boom and Crash of 1929 Revisited
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1990, 4, (2), 67-83 View citations (13)

1989

29. Commercial banks and securities markets: lessons of the 1920s and 1930s for the 1980s and 1990s
    Proceedings, 1989, 258-266
30. 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, 1989, 7, (02), 532-536
31. Was There a Solution to the Ancien Régime's Financial Dilemma?
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (03), 545-568 View citations (2)

1987

32. 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, (02), 585-586
33. 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, (03), 803-805
34. ¿Fueron inflacionarias las finanzas estatales en el siglo XVIII? Una nueva interpretación de los vales reales
    Revista de Historia Económica, 1987, 5, (03), 509-526

1986

35. 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 (34)
36. 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, (03), 874-875

1985

37. The Merger Movement in Banking, 1919–1933
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (02), 285-291 View citations (4)

1984

38. A Reinterpretation of the Banking Crisis of 1930
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (01), 119-138 View citations (9)

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, (02), 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, (01), 33-40 View citations (8)
42. The membership problem of the National Banking System
    Explorations in Economic History, 1982, 19, (2), 110-127 View citations (1)

1981

43. State-Sponsored Insurance of Bank Deposits in the United States, 1907–1929
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (03), 537-557 View citations (2)

Books

1998

1. The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)

Chapters

2012

1. Lessons from the Great American Real Estate Boom and Bust of the 1920s
   A chapter in Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective, 2012
   See also Working Paper (2009)

1998

2. 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 87-122 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1994

3. The Origins of Federal Deposit Insurance
   A chapter in The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, 1994, pp 145-188 View citations (23)