Female investors in the first english and Welsh commercial joint-stock banks

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-340

  Newton, Lucy ^a   Cottrell, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investors; Joint stock banks; Shareholders; Unlimited liability; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745821239     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200600756316     Document Type: Review

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