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Panic in the plains: agricultural markets and the panic of 1893

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Brandon R. Dupont () (Department of Economics, MS-9074, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.)

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Nearly every previous study of the 1893 bank panic acknowledges its regional concentration in the Western states yet few provide any in-depth study of what caused such a distinct regional pattern. Here, I recast the 1893 crisis as having its origins in agricultural markets and then spreading to Western banks that were highly exposed to agricultural shocks. Negative shocks to agricultural yields and the relative importance of the wheat crop for specific states emerge as important explanations for the regional pattern of bank closures and thus for the panic itself.

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Article provided by Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) in its journal Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History.

Volume (Year): 3 (2009)
Issue (Month): 1 (January)
Pages: 27-54
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Keywords: Bank panic; Agricultural markets; Panic of 1893;

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N11 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
N21 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
N51 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913

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