Was There a Bubble in the 1929 Stock Market?

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 549-574

  Rappoport, Peter ^a   White, Eugene N ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84974313034     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700013486     Document Type: Article

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