Constitutions, corporations, and corruption: American states and constitutional change, 1842 to 1852

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 211-256

  Wallis, John Joseph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744373663     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050705050084     Document Type: Article

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