Industry-Specific Trends and Aggregate Behavior in the U.S. Stock Market (1926-1935)

Abstract:  The U.S. stock market crash of 1929, catalyst to the decade-long economic depression which devastated the industrialized world, is easily argued to be the most disastrous economic event to have ever marred U.S. history. Despite the significance of the event, little research has been done to deconstruct the aggregate stock market trends by different … Read more