The Stock Market Bubble of 1929: Evidence from Closed-end Mutual Funds

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 675-700

  De Long, J Bradford ^a   Shleifer, Andrei ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896163468     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700039619     Document Type: Article

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