Real shock, monetary aftershock: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the Panic of 1907

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1002-1027

  Odell, Kerry A ^a   Weidenmier, Marc D ^b,c  

^a SCRIPPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NATURAL DISASTER; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12944260419     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050704043062     Document Type: Article

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