Harvests and financial crises in Gold Standard America

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-246

  Hanes, Christopher ^a   Rhode, Paul ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; EXPORT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; STOCK MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84875152961     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050713000077     Document Type: Article

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