Financial crises in the 1890s and the 1990s: Must history repeat?

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-294

  Delong, J Bradford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033265649     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2534681     Document Type: Article

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