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Alternatives for Distressed Banks and the Panics of the Great Depression
URL: http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2008/200807/200807abs.html

Description:
This December 2007 research paper "investigates whether the [banking] panics [during the Great Depression] resulted in the failure and liquidation of banks that might otherwise have been able to pursue a less disruptive resolution strategies such as merging with another institution or suspending operations and recapitalizing." Discusses financial situations of banks that failed and banks that survived, and different types of resolution strategies. From the Federal Reserve Board.

LII Topics: Banks & Credit Unions, Finance, The Great Depression, United States History

Author:
Carlson, Mark

Publisher:
The Federal Reserve Board

LII Database Information:
Record 27002 created by Maria Brandt on 09/30/2008
Last modification on 10/28/2008
Published: 11/06/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27002

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