An examination of country member bank cash balances of the 1930s: A test of alternative explanations

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 923-941

  Mounts Jr , Wm Stewart ^a   Sowell, Clifford B ^b   Saxena, Atul K ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034381095     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061536     Document Type: Article

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