The nature and historical evolution of an exceptional fiscal state and its possible significance for the precocious commercialization and industrialization of the British economy from Cromwell to Nelson

Economic History Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 408-446

  O'Brien, Patrick ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FISCAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TAX SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79954475172     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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