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1 - Growing Up to Stability? Financial Globalization, Financial Development, and Financial Crises

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2017

By
Michael D. Bordo  and
Christopher M. Meissner
Edited by
Peter L. Rousseau  and
Paul Wachtel
Peter L. Rousseau
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
Paul Wachtel
Affiliation:
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
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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