Finance and industrial development. Part I: The United States and the United Kingdom

Financial History Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-29

  Lazonick, William ^a   O’Sullivan, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84881779958     PISSN: 09685650     EISSN: 14740052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0968565000000810     Document Type: Article

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