A workshop organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Texas Christian University
On November 17, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will host a workshop on monetary and financial history. The papers being presented analyze various historical monetary and fiscal policy regimes as well as the U.S. banking and payment systems prior to the founding of the Federal Reserve.
| Coffee and continental breakfast | |
| 8:45 | Introductory remarks Robert A. Eisenbeis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Session I Chair Ellis Tallman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| 9:00 |
"Resolving the Puzzle of Underissuance of National Bank Notes" Bruce Champ, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| 10:00 | Break |
| Session II Chair Will Roberds, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| 10:30 |
"Country Risk, Currency Risk, and the Gold Standard" James Nason, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 11:30 |
"Financing the Crop Cycle: Seasonality, Southern Financial Underdevelopment, and the Founding of the Federal Reserve System" Jon Moen, University of Mississippi |
| Lunch | |
| Session III Chair Steve Quinn, Texas Christian University |
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| 2:00 |
"Deflation and Recession in France in the (Seventeen) Twenties" Thomas Sargent, New York University |
| 3:00 |
"Can a Victor Force the Vanquished to Pay? France under the Nazi Boot" Discussant |
| 4:00 | Break |
| Session IV Chair William Roberds, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| 4:30 |
"From Drafts to Checks: The Evolution of Correspondent Banking Networks and the Transformation of the U.S. Payments System, 1850–1914." Warren Weber, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| 5:30 | Adjournment |
