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Gary Richardson

Gary Richardson was the Federal Reserve System historian from 2012 to 2016. Richardson is currently a professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine.

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Working Papers

June 2016, No. 16-07

In the Eye of a Storm: Manhattan's Money Center Banks during the International Financial Crisis of 1931

Gary Richardson and Patrick Van Horn

June 2016, No. 16-06

Liquidity Risk, Bank Networks, and the Value of Joining the Federal Reserve System

Charles W. Calomiris, Matthew Jaremski, Haelim Park and Gary Richardson

March 2016, No. 16-03

Network Contagion and Interbank Amplification during the Great Depression

Kris James Mitchener and Gary Richardson

January 2016, No. 16-01

Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy from the Formation of the Federal Reserve until Today

Robert L. Hetzel and Gary Richardson
Bank Publications

Economic Brief, August 2016, No. 16-08

Whom Do the Federal Reserve Bank Boards Serve?

Helen Fessenden and Gary Richardson

Economic Brief, February 2016, No. 16-02

The Cost of Fed Membership

Helen Fessenden and Gary Richardson

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