← Search

Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 64 No. 3 2026

Conti-Brown, Peter, and Sean H. Vanatta. Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America

Joseph R. Mason

Louisiana State University and BVA Group.

Abstract

Joseph R. Mason of Louisiana State University and BVA Group reviews “Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America” by Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H. Vanatta. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Presents a positive theory of how bank supervision works today, explaining how through experimentation, error, and the slow building of sometimes redundant, often warring institutions the American system of bank supervision came to be.”

DOI
10.1257/jel.64.3.1058.r1
Volume
64
Issue
3
Pages
1059-1060
Language
en
Sources
crossref

Cite