Much ado about nothing: The limitation of liability and the market for 19th century Irish bank stock

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-476

  Hickson, Charles R ^a   Turner, John D ^a   McCann, Claire ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank; Ireland; Limited liability; Securities market; Unlimited liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344386458     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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