Riding the Bubble or Taken for a Ride? Investors in the British Bicycle Mania
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British financial history; financial bubbles;JEL classification:
- G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
- N23 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: Pre-1913
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