Commercial banking, insurance and economic growth in Sweden between 1830 and 1998

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-38

  Adams, Mike ^a   Andersson, Jonas ^b   Andersson, Lars Fredrik ^c   Lindmark, Magnus ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Banking; Economic growth; History; Insurance; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149163227     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200802667139     Document Type: Article

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