Suppressing asset price inflation: The confederate experience, 1861-1865

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 420-432

  Burdekin, Richard C K ^a   Weidenmier, Marc D ^a  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbg018     Document Type: Article

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