'A knavish people...': London Jewry and the stock market during the South Sea Bubble

Business History

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 728-748

  Carlos, Ann M ^a   Maguire, Karen ^a   Neal, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital markets; London Jewry; Micro structure; Networks; South Sea Bubble

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ETHNICITY; FINANCIAL MARKET; RELIGION; STOCK MARKET;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56049111630     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076790802420039     Document Type: Article

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