National and international market integration in the 19th century: Evidence from comovement

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-242

  Uebele, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

19th century; Dynamic factor analysis; Market integration; Wheat prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954682705     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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