Research Economists

All Publications and Papers for

Arthur J. Rolnick

Senior Vice President and Director of Research



Interview with Christopher Sims

June 2007 - The Region

From Almshouses to Townhouses

June 2006 - The Region

The Cost of Kelo

June 2006 - The Region

The Cost of Kelo - In Brief

June 2006 - The Region

Early Childhood Development on a Large Scale

June 2005 - The Region
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Early Childhood Development on a Large Scale - In Brief

June 2005 - The Region

Interview with Ben S. Bernanke

June 2004 - The Region

Interview with Ping Xie

December 2003 - The Region

Credit availability: A snapshot of the Hmong business community in Minneapolis and St. Paul

August 2003 - Community Dividend

The Big Problem of Small Change

June 2003 - The Region

Between Two Worlds: How Do Credit Markets Work?

May 2003 - The Region

Bibliography

March 2003 - fedgazette

Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return

March 2003 - fedgazette
Additional Files [pdf]

Early childhood development = economic development

March 2003 - fedgazette

Interview with Anne O. Krueger

December 2002 - The Region

In This Issue

Winter 2002 - Quarterly Review

In This Issue

Fall 2002 - Quarterly Review

Lessons From a Laissez-Faire Payments System: The Suffolk Banking System (1825-58)

Fall 2002 - Quarterly Review

Between Two Worlds. How Do Credit Markets Work?

January 2002 - Annual Reports

Interview with Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa

December 2001 - The Region

Editorial: The University of Minnesota as a public good

November 2001 - fedgazette

The University of Minnesota as a Public Good

November 2001 - fedgazette
Additional Files [pdf]

In This Issue

Spring 2001 - Quarterly Review

Interview with Nancy L. Stokey

December 2000 - The Region

In This Issue

Winter 2000 - Quarterly Review

In This Issue

Fall 2000 - Quarterly Review

Winning battles, rather than the war, on economic development subsidies

July 2000 - fedgazette

The Suffolk Bank and the Panic of 1837

Spring 2000 - Quarterly Review

Counterpoint: The lesson to be learned from the failed Excelsior-Henderson

January 2000 - fedgazette

Interview with Stanley Fischer

December 1999 - The Region

In This Issue

Winter 1999 - Quarterly Review

The Federal Reserve's Beige Book: A better mirror than crystal ball

March 1999 - The Region

The Suffolk Bank and the Panic of 1837: How a Private Bank Acted as a Lender-of-Last-Resort

December 1998 - Working Paper 592
Published In: Quarterly Review (Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2000, pp. 3-13)

Lessons From a Laissez-Faire Payments System: The Suffolk Banking System (1825–58)

Summer 1998 - Quarterly Review
Published In: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank's Review (Vol. 80, No. 3, May/June 1998, pp. 105-116)

The Suffolk Banking System Reconsidered

May 1998 - Working Paper 587

Money, Inflation, and Output Under Fiat and Commodity Standards

Spring 1998 - Quarterly Review
Published In: Journal of Political Economy (Vol. 105, No. 6, December 1997, pp. 1308-1321)

Lessons From a Laissez-Faire Payments System: The Suffolk Banking System (1825–1858)

Revised November 1997 - Working Paper 584
Published In: Quarterly Review (Vol. 26, No. 4, Fall 2002)
Published In: Quarterly Review (Vol. 22, No. 3, Summer 1998, pp. 11-21)

In This Issue

Fall 1997 - Quarterly Review

The Debasement Puzzle: An Essay on Medieval Monetary History

Fall 1997 - Quarterly Review
Published In: Journal of Economic History (Vol. 56, No. 4, December 1996, pp. 789-808)

Interview with Joseph E. Stiglitz

September 1997 - The Region

In This Issue

Summer 1997 - Quarterly Review

An anti-inflationary policy is a pro-growth policy

April 1997 - fedgazette

Fixing FDICIA: A Plan to Address the Too Big to Fail Problem

January 1997 - Annual Reports

The United States' Experience with State Bank Notes: Lessons for Regulating E-Cash

Revised January 1997 - Unpublished Manuscript

Can't have it both ways

October 1996 - fedgazette

Interview with Edward C. Prescott

September 1996 - The Region

Impressions of an emerging market economy

April 1996 - fedgazette

Congress should end the economic war for sports and other businesses

January 1996 - fedgazette

Inflation, Money, and Output Under Alternative Monetary Standards

Revised October 1995 - Staff Report 175

The Debasement Puzzle: An Essay on Medieval Monetary Policy

Revised September 1995 - Working Paper 536
Published In: Journal of Economic History (Vol 56, Num 4, December 1996, pp. 798-808)

On the growing disparity between the rich and the poor

July 1994 - fedgazette

We don't need study to conclude bailing out arena isn't wise

April 1994 - fedgazette

In This Issue

Spring 1994 - Quarterly Review

The Age of Federalism

March 1994 - The Region

Congress Should End the Economic War Among the States

January 1994 - Annual Reports

In Order to Form a More Perfect Monetary Union

Fall 1993 - Quarterly Review

In This Issue

Spring 1993 - Quarterly Review

State & local economic development policy a zero-sum game ... or worse?

January 1993 - fedgazette

A unified currency will mean prosperity

October 1992 - fedgazette

In This Issue

Fall 1992 - Quarterly Review

In This Issue

Summer 1992 - Quarterly Review

The job creation illusion

October 1991 - fedgazette

The alarming costs of preventing bank runs

April 1991 - fedgazette

The S&L crisis: bad people or bad policy?

September 1990 - fedgazette

A Case for Fixing Exchange Rates

June 1990 - The Region

Can the public be trusted to regulate banks?

March 1990 - fedgazette

There's no such thing as a good recession

September 1989 - fedgazette

Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist

May 1989 - The Region

A Case for Fixing Exchange Rates

January 1989 - Annual Reports

Wall Street and Regulation

April 1988 - The Region

Explaining the Demand for Free Bank Notes

Spring 1988 - Quarterly Review
Published In: Journal of Monetary Economics (Vol. 2, No. 1, 1988)

A Case for Reforming Federal Deposit Insurance

January 1988 - Annual Reports

The Banking Crisis of the 1930s: New Evidence From Bank Examination Records

July 1987 - Working Paper 360

The Benefits of Bank Deposit Rate Ceilings: New Evidence on Bank Rates and Risk in the 1920s

Summer 1987 - Quarterly Review

Explaining the Demand for Free Bank Notes

Revised May 1987 - Staff Report 97
Published In: Journal of Monetary Economics (Vol 21, Num 1, January 1988, pp. 47-71)

Gresham's Law or Gresham's Fallacy?

Winter 1986 - Quarterly Review
Published In: Journal of Political Economy (Vol. 94, No. 1, 1986)

Banking Instability and Regulation in the U.S. Free Banking Era

Summer 1985 - Quarterly Review

Suspension and the Financing of the Civil War: A Critique of Newcomb and Mitchell

Revised June 1985 - Working Paper 265

Inherent Instability in Banking: The Free Banking Experience

Revised May 1985 - Working Paper 275
Published In: Cato Journal (Vol. 5, No. 3, Winter 1986, pp. 877-890)

Gresham's Law or Gresham's Fallacy

August 1983 - Staff Report 88
Published In: Quarterly Review (Vol 10, Num 1, Winter 1986, pp. 17-24)

After Penn Square: The Insurance Dilemma

Revised June 1983 - Working Paper 222

A New Explanation for Free Bank Failures

Revised November 1982 - Staff Report 79
Published In: Journal of Monetary Economics (Vol 14, Num 3, November 1984, pp. 267-291)

Free Banking, Wildcat Banking, and Shinplasters

Fall 1982 - Quarterly Review

The Free Banking Era: New Evidence on Laissez-Faire Banking

May 1982 - Staff Report 80

The Case for Branch Banking in Montana

April 1980 - Working Paper 152

A Case for Branch Banking in Montana

Spring 1980 - Quarterly Review

The CBO’s Policy Analysis: An Unquestionable Misuse of a Questionable Theory

Revised November 1979 - Staff Report 49
Published In: Journal of Monetary Economics (Vol. 6, No. 2, April 1980, pp. 171-198)

Perfect Substitution in the Models of the CD Market

January 1979 - Staff Report 41

Usury Laws and the Housing Market: The Minnesota Experience

December 1978 - Staff Report 39

Looking for Evidence of Noncompetitive Behavior in Minnesota's Banking Industry

Fall 1977 - Quarterly Review

Bank Regulation: Strengthening Friedman's Case for Reform

Summer 1977 - Quarterly Review

The Influence of Regulation on Competition in the United States Banking Industry

March 1977 - Working Paper 85

Stabilization Policy: A Framework for Analysis

Revised April 1976 - Working Paper 45

Nonreporting of Savings Accounts in Sample Savings: Causes and Correlates

August 1975 - Working Paper 46

The Thomson-Pierce Monthly Model: A Test for Structural Change

May 1972 - Working Paper 76

 

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