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From Hard Money To Branch Banking California Banking In The Gold Rush Economy, Larry Schweikart, Lynne Pierson Doti
From Hard Money To Branch Banking California Banking In The Gold Rush Economy, Larry Schweikart, Lynne Pierson Doti
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
In Gold Rush–era California, banking and the financial sector evolved in often distinctive ways because of the Gold Rush economy. More importantly, the abundance of gold on the West Coast provided an interesting test case for some of the critical economic arguments of the day, especially for those deriving from the descending—but still powerful—positions of the “hard money” Jacksonians.
Banking In A Matching Model Of Money And Capital, Valerie R. Bencivenga, Gabriele Camera
Banking In A Matching Model Of Money And Capital, Valerie R. Bencivenga, Gabriele Camera
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
We introduce banks in a model of money and capital with trading frictions. Banks offer demand deposit contracts and hold primary assets to maximize depositors’ utility. If banks’ operating costs are small, banks reallocate liquidity eliminating idle balances and improving the allocation. At moderate costs, idle balances are reduced but not eliminated. At larger costs, banks are redundant. A central bank policy of paying interest on bank reserves can reverse inflation’s distortionary effects, and increase welfare, but only when costs are small. The threshold levels of banks’ costs increase with inflation, suggesting inflation and banks’ utilization are positively associated.
Money, Credit, And Banking, Aleksander Berentsen, Gabriele Camera, Christopher Waller
Money, Credit, And Banking, Aleksander Berentsen, Gabriele Camera, Christopher Waller
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
In monetary models where agents are subject to trading shocks there is typically an ex-post inefficiency since some agents are holding idle balances while others are cash constrained. This problem creates a role for financial intermediaries, such as banks, who accept nominal deposits and make nominal loans. In general, financial intermediation improves the allocation. The gains in welfare come from the payment of interest on deposits and not from relaxing borrowers’ liquidity constraints. We also demonstrate that when credit rationing occurs increasing the rate of inflation can be welfare improving.
Effect Of Regulation On Banking: California 1879-1929, Lynne Doti, Richard Runyon
Effect Of Regulation On Banking: California 1879-1929, Lynne Doti, Richard Runyon
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
California had a virtually unregulated banking environment until the first comprehensive banking regulations were passed in 1905. These regulations, and subsequent changes in 1909, required reserves and paid-up capital. Several tests of commonly accepted measures of safety, such as bank reserves, paid-up capital, bank failures, and real estate loans that resulted in foreclosure, are compared for selected years before and after the regulations. Results do not clearly demonstrate that regulation enhanced the safety of individual banks, but do support the conclusion that regulation enhanced the safety of the banking system as a whole.
Banking In California: Some Evidence On Structure, 1878-1905, Lynne Doti
Banking In California: Some Evidence On Structure, 1878-1905, Lynne Doti
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
Doti’s thesis explains the contribution of state banks to nineteenth century financial history in the United States.