Graduation Year
2017
Date of Submission
12-2016
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Marc Weidenmier
Rights Information
© 2016 Paul E. Reynolds
Abstract
The stock market crash of 1929 stands today as the largest decline in market value in the history of the United States. Consequently, the event destroyed the wealth of thousands of American families and institutions. On October 28th and 29th, the United States stock market fell 11.3 percent and 12.4 percent respectively, marking the beginning of a down market that lasted over three years, the time period known today as the Great Depression. This paper empirically analyzes the effects felt by each individual industry sector in the crash of 1929, identifying gross and abnormal returns over three major days in the crash. I then compare my findings to previous literature and economic theories, analyzing which sector returns were expected and which were abnormal.
Recommended Citation
Reynolds, Paul Edward III, "A Sectoral Analysis of the 1929 Stock Market Crash" (2017). CMC Senior Theses. 1487.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1487
