Land and Credit: A Study of the Political Economy of Banking in the United States in the Early 20th Century

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1895-1931

  Rajan, Raghuram G ^a   Ramcharan, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 81255177639     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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