Richard Sylla

New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics

Henry Kaufman Professor of The History of Financial Institutions and Markets, Professor of Economics

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Financial Disturbances and Depressions: The View from Economic History

The Jerome Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 47
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 Dec 1999
Richard Sylla
New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics
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How Important Historically Were Financial Systems for Growth in the U.K., U.S., Germany, and Japan?

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Nov 2010
Franklin Allen, Forrest Capie, Caroline Fohlin, Hideaki Miyajima, Richard Sylla, Yishay Yafeh and Geoffrey Wood
Imperial College London, Bank of England, Emory University, Waseda University - Graduate School of Commerce, New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration and Cass Business School
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Financial Systems, Economic Growth, and Globalization

NBER Working Paper No. w8323
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2022
Peter L. Rousseau and Richard Sylla
Vanderbilt University - Department of Economics and New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics
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Debt, Default, and Revenue Structure: The American State Debt Crisis in the Early 1840s

NBER Working Paper No. h0097
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2022
Arthur Grinath, John Joseph Wallis and Richard Sylla
Microeconomic Consulting and Research Associates, Inc. (MiCRA), University of Maryland - Department of Economics and New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics
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Sovereign Debt and Repudiation: The Emerging-Market Debt Crisis in the U.S. States, 1839-1843

NBER Working Paper No. w10753
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 05 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 21 May 2022
John Joseph Wallis, Richard Sylla and Arthur Grinath
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics and Microeconomic Consulting and Research Associates, Inc. (MiCRA)
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Chandler on High Technology Industries from the 1880s to the 1990s: A Comment

Capitalism and Society, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Article 2, 2006
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Jan 2013
Richard Sylla
New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics
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Emerging Financial Markets and Early U.S. Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w7448
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Nov 1999 Last Revised: 09 May 2022
Peter L. Rousseau and Richard Sylla
Vanderbilt University - Department of Economics and New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics
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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Accomplishments and Limitations

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 43-56, 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Viral V. Acharya, Viral V. Acharya, Thomas F. Cooley, Matthew P. Richardson, Richard Sylla and Ingo Walter
ProfessorNew York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics and New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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Hamilton and the U.S. Financial Revolution

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 31, Issue 4, pp. 10-15, 2019
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 May 2020
Richard Sylla and David J. Cowen
New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics and Museum of American Finance
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Financial Systems, Risk Management, and Entrepreneurship: Historical Perspective

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Richard Sylla
New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics

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Financial systems, Economic development, Risk management, Global economy

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Alexander Hamilton, Central Banker: Crisis Management During the U.S. Financial Panic of 1792

Business History Review, Vol. 83, pp. 61-86, Spring 2009
Posted: 30 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2011
Richard Sylla, Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen
New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics, American Institute for Economic Research and Quasar Capital Partners

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Panic of 1792, Alexander Hamilton, Bagehot's Rules, government bonds, securities markets, financial crises