Panic in the plains: agricultural markets and the panic of 1893 |
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| Authors: | Brandon R Dupont |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, MS-9074, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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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| Keywords: | Bank panic Agricultural markets Panic of 1893 |
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