Profitability and capital accumulation in British industry during the transwar period, 1913-1924

Economic History Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-68

  Arnold, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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CAPITAL MARKET; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032945701     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00118     Document Type: Article

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