Comparing the UK and US financial systems, 1790–1830

The Origins and Development of Financial Markets and Institutions: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 209-240

  Sylla, Richard ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511757419.008     Document Type: Chapter

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