Free or central banking? Liquidity and financial deepening in Sweden, 1834-1913

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-93

  Ögren, Anders ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central banking; Classical silver and gold standards; Fractional reserves; Free banking; Liquidity; Money supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344483221     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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