Market intervention in a backward economy: Railway subsidy in Brazil, 1854-1913

Economic History Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 542-568

  Summerhill, William R ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY; MARKET INTERVENTION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RAIL TRANSPORT; SUBSIDY IMPACT; TRANSPORT INVESTMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031694891     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00104     Document Type: Article

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