Financial manias and panics: a socioeconomic perspective

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The,  Oct, 2002  by Brenda Spotton Visano

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Brenda Spotton Visano *

* Brenda Spotton Visano is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Economics, school of Analytic Studies and Information Technology at the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York university, Toronto, Canada M3J 1P3. E-mail: spotton@yorku.ca Her research interests include theories and policies related to institutional finance, with a focus on money, financial instability, and electronic developments in the financial industry. She has published several academic articles, been a consultant with agencies of the federal government, and is past president of the Canadian Women Economists Network. For valuable discussions, comments, and references that have served to clarify and encourage the arguments developed here, I thank the editor Larry Moss, Robin Rowley, Antonia Swann, Livy Visano, and an anonymous referee.

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