Pandemic economics: The 1918 influenza and its modern-day implications

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-93

  Garrett, Thomas A ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 42149175430     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.90.74-94     Document Type: Article

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