Monetary populism in nineteenth-century America: An open economy interpretation

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-395

  Frieden, Jeffry A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT LEVEL; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOLD POLITICS; HISTORICAL STUDY; MONETARY POPULISM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OPEN ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031435768     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700018489     Document Type: Article

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