The impact of limited liability on ownership and control: Irish banking, 1877-1914

Economic History Review

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 320-346

  Acheson, Graeme G ^a   Turner, John D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; INVESTMENT; LIABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645537263     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2006.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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