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Anomalies in Economic History: Toward a Resolution of the “Antebellum Puzzle”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

John Komlos
John Komlos
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Professor of Economics and Chair of Economic History at the University of Munich, Ludwigstrasse 33-IV, 80539 Munich, Germany.
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 202 - 214
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1996

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