Political risk and the international bond market between the 1848 revolution and the outbreak of the First World War

Economic History Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-112

  Ferguson, Niall ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL MARKET; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INVESTMENT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL REFORM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646712748     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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