The highest price ever: The great NYSE seat sale of 1928-1929 and capacity constraints

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 705-739

  Davis, Lance E ^a   Neal, Larry ^b   White, Eugene ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; PRICE DYNAMICS; STOCK MARKET;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948979320     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050707000289     Document Type: Article

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