Did late-nineteenth-century U.S. tariffs promote infant industries? Evidence from the tinplate industry

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 335-360

  Irwin, Douglas A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TIN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033865035     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700025122     Document Type: Article

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