The political economy of Reconstruction Finance Corporation assistance during the Great Depression

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-121

  Mason, Joseph R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038625441     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4983(03)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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