The check tax: Fiscal folly and the great monetary contraction

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 859-878

  Lastrapes, William D ^a   Selgin, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 5344245436     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700019562     Document Type: Article

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