The sources of regional variation in the severity of the Great Depression: Evidence from U.S. manufacturing, 1919-1937

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 714-747

  Rosenbloom, Joshua L ^a,b   Sundstrom, William A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; GREAT DEPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032716739     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700023548     Document Type: Article

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