Learning and the creation of stock-market institutions: Evidence from the Royal African and Hudson's Bay Companies, 1670-1700

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 318-344

  Carlos, Ann M ^a   Key, Jennifer ^a   Dupree, Jill L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Brown University College of the Holy Cross   (United States)

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EID: 0001109442     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700020532     Document Type: Review

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