Digital technology and institutional change from the gilded age to modern times: The impact of the telegraph and the internet

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 267-289

  Phillips, Ronnie J ^a  

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EID: 0040780665     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2000.11506266     Document Type: Article

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