Turnpike trusts and property income: New evidence on the effects of transport improvements and legislation in eighteenth-century England

Economic History Review

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-152

  Bogart, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCOME; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58249084188     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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