Interest reductions in the politico-financial nexus of eighteenth-century England

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 555-589

  Chamley, Christophe ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GOVERNMENT; INTEREST RATE; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82555186152     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050711001847     Document Type: Article

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