Understanding the Costs of Sovereign Default: American State Debts in the 1840's

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 259-275

  English, William B ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL STUDY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOVEREIGN DEBT;

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EID: 0029849402     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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