The Baring Crisis and the Great Latin American Meltdown of the 1890s

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 462-500

  Mitchener, Kris James ^a   Weidenmier, Marc D ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; STOCK MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 43849112901     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050708000375     Document Type: Article

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