From central planning to the market: The American transition, 1945-1947

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 600-623

  Higgs, Robert ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC POLICY; POST-WAR; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032694726     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700023500     Document Type: Article

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