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Bank Entry During The Antebellum Period, Andrew J. Economopoulos, Heather M. O'Neill
Bank Entry During The Antebellum Period, Andrew J. Economopoulos, Heather M. O'Neill
Business and Economics Faculty Publications
A recent study by Kenneth Ng (1988) challenges the view that free banking laws lowered barriers to entry. The authors' study examines bank entry and capital formation in free and nonfree banking states during the free banking period. A competitive model is developed and used to test if barriers were lowered in free banking states. The evidence indicates that entry significantly increased after the enactment of the free banking laws and that entry policy in nonfree banking states appeared to have been 'liberalized' when the free banking laws were enacted in other states.
The New York Free Banking Era: Deregulation Or Reregulation?, Andrew J. Economopoulos
The New York Free Banking Era: Deregulation Or Reregulation?, Andrew J. Economopoulos
Business and Economics Faculty Publications
The deregulation of the banking market is a frequently debated policy issue. Proponents of deregulation claim that free market forces would improve market efficiency. The basis for their argument is grounded in the work and tenets of Adam Smith. Deregulation opponents claim that a bank market left unfettered would disrupt the financial market; bank mismanagement, failures, and panics would pervade the market and cause distrust of the banking system . Opponents of deregulation derive their beliefs from actual historical experiences rather than theory . Many opponents point to a period of American banking history, called the Free Banking Era (1838-1863), …