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Principles, circumstances and constraints: the Nationalbank as lender of last resort from 1816 to 1931

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  • Clemens Jobst

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  • Kilian Rieder

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  • Clemens Jobst & Kilian Rieder, 2016. "Principles, circumstances and constraints: the Nationalbank as lender of last resort from 1816 to 1931," Monetary Policy & the Economy, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue 3, pages 140-162.
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    Keywords

    central bank; Austria; Oesterreichische Nationalbank; lender of last resort; financial crisis; banking crisis; credit rationing; liquidity crisis; bank run; moral hazard; Bagehot;
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    JEL classification:

    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-

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