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Did Railroads Make Antebellum U.S. Banks More Sound? / Jeremy Atack, Matthew S. Jaremski, Peter L. Rousseau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atack, Jeremy.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w20032.
- NBER working paper series no. w20032
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2014.
- Summary:
- We investigate the relationships of bank failures and balance sheet conditions with measures of proximity to different forms of transportation in the United States over the period from 1830-1860. A series of hazard models and bank-level regressions indicate a systematic relationship between proximity to railroads (but not to other means of transportation) and "good" banking outcomes. Although railroads improved economic conditions along their routes, we offer evidence of another channel. Specifically, railroads facilitated better information flows about banks that led to modifications in bank asset composition consistent with reductions in the incidence of moral hazard.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- April 2014.
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