Scott Redenius

At a Glance

Senior Lecturer PhD, Yale University Specializations Economic History, The Economics Of Financial Institutions

Contact Information

Sachar International Center, 4
(781) 736 - 2237 [Tel]
(781) 736 - 2269 [Fax]
redenius@brandeis.edu

Profile

Scott Redenius came to Brandeis in 2008 after teaching at Knox College and Bryn Mawr College. He earned his A.B. from Oberlin College and Ph.D. from Yale University.

Redenius’ research area is U.S. financial history. His current projects focus on interregional capital flows, the integration of the U.S. monetary and payment systems, and issuing relating to the founding and early operation of the Federal Reserve System.

Publications

“Designing a National Currency: Antebellum Payment Networks and the Structure of the National Banking System,” Financial History Review 17:2 (October 2007): 207-228.

“Regional Economic Development and Variation in Postbellum National Bank Profit Rates,” Business and Economic History On-Line 5 (2007).

“New National Bank Loan Rate Estimates, 1887-1975,” Research in Economic History 24 (2006): 55-104.

Book Reviews

Stephen Mihm, A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States. Journal of Economic History 68:2 (June 2008): 640-642.

Daniel Verdier, Moving Money: Banking and Finance in the Industrializing World (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002). For EH.NET, September 2004.