The micro-foundations of the early London capital market: Bank of England shareholders during and after the South Sea Bubble, 1720-25

Economic History Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 498-538

  Carlos, Ann M ^a   Neal, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL MARKET; STOCK MARKET;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745848645     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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