Did bank distress stifle innovation during the Great Depression?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 273-292

  Nanda, Ramana ^a   Nicholas, Tom ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank distress; Great Depression; Patents; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907556530     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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