Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Keyword "banking"

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    • Essays in Political Economy 

      Veuger, Stan (2013-02-08)
      This dissertation consists of three essays on political economy. The first essay studies the various ways in which political activism affects policy making, drawing upon evidence from the Tea Party movement in the United ...

    • Upon Daedalian Wings of Paper Money: Adam Smith, Free Banking, and the Financial Crisis of 1772 

      Goodspeed, Tyler Beck (2014-06-06)
      From 1716 to 1845, the Scottish financial system functioned with no official central bank or lender of last resort, no public (or private) monopoly on currency issuance, no legal reserve requirements, and no formal limits ...