Wartime socialization of investment: A reassessment of U.S. capital formation in the 1940s

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 500-520

  Higgs, Robert ^a  

^a Independent Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INVESTMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142640804     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050704002773     Document Type: Article

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