Comment on 'seat of death and terror'

Economic History Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 607-616

  Leunig, Timothy ^a,b,c   Voth, Hans Joachim ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 33746239032     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2006.00352.x     Document Type: Note

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