Second World War spending and local economic activity in US counties, 1939-58

Economic History Review

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 975-992

  Fishback, Price ^a   Cullen, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; LOCAL ECONOMY; POST-WAR; PUBLIC SPENDING; WAR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885428578     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2012.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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