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The Irony of Reform. Did Large Employers Subvert Workplace Safety Reform, 1869 to 1930?

In: Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History

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Price V. Fishback

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This chapter was published in: Price V. Fishback Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, , pages 285-318, 2006.

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Edward L. Glaeser & Claudia Goldin, 2006. "Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number glae06-1, Julio.
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  2. Kim, Seung-Wook & Fishback, Price V., 1993. "Institutional Change, Compensating Differentials, and Accident Risk in American Railroding, 1892?1945," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 53(04), pages 796-824, December. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Fishback, Price V., 1986. "Workplace safety during the progressive era: Fatal accidents in bituminous coal mining, 1912-1923," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 269-298, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. George J. Stigler, 1971. "The Theory of Economic Regulation," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 2(1), pages 3-21, Spring. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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