Investor behaviour in a nascent capital market: Scottish bank shareholders in the nineteenth century

Economic History Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-213

  Acheson, Graeme G ^a   Turner, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; LENDING BEHAVIOR; NINETEENTH CENTURY; STAKEHOLDER; STOCK MARKET;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650775404     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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