Accounting for the great depression: A historical decomposition

This paper answers two distinct questions. First, To what extent do theories of the Great Depression account for movements in output during 1929:10–1933:12? Second, How much of the Depression could have been avoided if the money stock had grown along its anticipated pre-1929:9 path? The results reve...

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Published in:Journal of macroeconomics 1994-04, Vol.16 (2), p.193-220
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