Bonds and brands: Foundations of sovereign debt markets, 1820-1830

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 646-684

  Flandreau, Marc ^a,b   Flores, Juan H ^c  

^a Graduate Institute   (Switzerland)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MARKET SYSTEM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 70450245240     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709001089     Document Type: Article

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