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3 - Financing U.S. Economic Growth, 1790–1860: Corporations, Markets, and the Real Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2017

Peter L. Rousseau
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Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
Paul Wachtel
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Stern School of Business, New York University
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Financial Systems and Economic Growth
Credit, Crises, and Regulation from the 19th Century to the Present
, pp. 76 - 104
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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