Market Contagion: Evidence from the Panics of 1854 and 1857

Morgan Kelly and C. O'Grada
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Cormac Ó Gráda

Working Papers from College Dublin, Department of Political Economy-

Abstract: To test a model of contagion -where individuals hear some bad news and communicate it to their acquaintances, who pass it on in turn, leading to a market panic- requires a knowledge of the information networks of market participants, something hitherto unavailable. For two panics in the 1850s this paper examines the bahaviour of Irish depositors in a New York bank.

Keywords: BANKS; FINANCIAL MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 N21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 1999
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