Market contagion: Evidence from the panics of 1854 and 1857

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1110-1124

  Kelly, Morgan ^a   Ó Gráda, Cormac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 0038370983     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1110     Document Type: Article

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