Gunboats, reputation, and sovereign repayment: Lessons from the Southern Confederacy

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 407-422

  Weidenmier, Marc D ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Confederacy; Debt repayment; Gunboats; Reputation

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOVEREIGNTY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 20844452909     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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