Shattered rails, ruined credit: Financial fragility and railroad operations in the great depression

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 802-825

  Schiffman, Daniel A ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; GREAT DEPRESSION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242666819     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050703541997     Document Type: Article

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