Constituencies and Legislation: The Fight Over the McFadden Act of 1927
Constituencies and Legislation: The Fight Over the McFadden Act of 1927
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Linthicum: INFORMS
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The McFadden Act of 1927 was one of the most hotly contested pieces of legislation in U.S. banking history, and its influence was felt over half a century later. This paper studies the congressional voting behavior surrounding the act’s passage. We find that congressmen in districts in which landholdings were concentrated and credit was costlier we...
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Constituencies and Legislation: The Fight Over the McFadden Act of 1927
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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_24740336
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_24740336
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0025-1909
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1526-5501
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10.1287/mnsc.2015.2214
