The death blow to unlimited liability in Victorian Britain: The City of Glasgow failure

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-253

  Acheson, Graeme G ^a,b   Turner, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Britain; City of Glasgow failure; Unlimited liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449130414     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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