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Two Roads to the Transportation Revolution: Early Corporations in the United Kingdom and the United States

In: Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth: Geography, Institutions, and the Knowledge Economy

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  • Dan Bogart & John Majewski, 2008. "Two Roads to the Transportation Revolution: Early Corporations in the United Kingdom and the United States," NBER Chapters, in: Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth: Geography, Institutions, and the Knowledge Economy, pages 177-204, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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