A heliocentric journey into Germany's Great Depression

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 288-316

  Weder, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; WAR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33645874187     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpi046     Document Type: Article

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