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Stephen Quinn

Stephen Quinn, Ph.D.

Professor

817-257-6234 Scharbauer Hall 4103

Program Affiliations

AddRan College of Liberal ArtsEconomics
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  • Law and Economics /
  • Financial History

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994
BA, Economics, Rockford College, 1988

Courses Taught

Economics of Financial Markets
Financial History
Law and Economics

Areas of Focus

Monetary and Financial Development of Early Modern Europe.

  • Quinn, Stephen, and Roberds, William. How a Ledger Became a Central Bank: A Monetary History of the Bank of Amsterdam. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
  • Quinn, Stephen and William Roberds, “A Policy Framework for the Bank of Amsterdam, 1736–1791,” Journal of Economic History 79:3 (September 2019): 736-71.
  • Khan, Charles, Stephen Quinn, and William Roberds. “Central Banks and Payment Systems: The Evolving Trade-off between Cost and Risk,” in Central Banks at a Crossroad: What Can We Learn from History? edited by Michael Bordo, Ovyind Eitrheim, Marc Flandreau, and Jan Qvigstand. Cambridge University Press (2016): 563-609.
  • Quinn, Stephen, and William Roberds. “Death of a Reserve Currency,” International Journal of Central Banking (December 2016).
  • Quinn, Stephen, and William Roberds. “Responding to a Shadow Banking Crisis: the Lessons of 1763” Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 47 (2015): 1149-76.
  • Quinn, Stephen, and William Roberds. “How Amsterdam Got Fiat Money,” Journal of Monetary Economics 66 (2014): 1-12.
  • Quinn, Stephen, and William Roberds. “The Bank of Amsterdam and the Leap to Central Bank Money,” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 97 (2007): 262-5.
  • Quinn, Stephen. “Money, Finance and Capital Markets,” in The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Volume I, edited by Floud and Johnson, Cambridge University Press (2004): 147-74.
  • Quinn, Stephen. “The Glorious Revolution’s Effect on English Private Finance: A Microhistory, 1680-1705,” Journal of Economic History 61 (2001): 593-615.
  • Quinn, Stephen. “Goldsmith-Banking: Mutual Acceptances and Inter-Banker Clearing in Restoration London,” Explorations in Economic History 34 (1997): 411-32.
  • Rockford U. Distinguished Alumni, 2014
  • TCU Honors Professor of the Year, 2007
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1988

Last Updated: November 19, 2024

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