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Credit Expansion, 1920 to 1929, and its Lessons

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  • Charles E. Persons

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Credit Expansion. — Bank loans and investments, 95. — Urban real estate mortgages; held by banks, mortgage trusts, mutual savings banks, Life Insurance Companies, Building and Loan Associations, 96. — Farm mortgages; held by Federal Land banks, Joint Stock banks; general data, 105. — Securities outstanding, 107. — Installment selling; electrical equipment, radio industry, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, 108. — Summary, 115. — Credit expansion somewhat analogous to monetary inflation, 119. — Consequence of credit expansion: illustrated by developments in the radio industry, the automobile industry, the construction industry, 121. — Conclusion, 128.

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  • Charles E. Persons, 1930. "Credit Expansion, 1920 to 1929, and its Lessons," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 45(1), pages 94-130.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:45:y:1930:i:1:p:94-130.
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    1. Lansing, Kevin, 2009. "Speculative Bubbles and Overreaction to Technological Innovation," Journal of Financial Transformation, Capco Institute, vol. 26, pages 51-54.
    2. Maria N. Ivanova, 2017. "Profit growth in boom and bust: the Great Recession and the Great Depression in comparative perspective," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 26(1), pages 1-20.
    3. Deniz Aydin, 2022. "Consumption Response to Credit Expansions: Evidence from Experimental Assignment of 45,307 Credit Lines," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 112(1), pages 1-40, January.
    4. Kevin J. Lansing, 2008. "Speculative growth and overreaction to technology shocks," Working Paper Series 2008-08, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

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