What Ended the Great Depression?

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 757-784

  Romer, Christina D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84974126974     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002205070001189X     Document Type: Article

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