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6 - The Other Way: A Narrative History of the Bank of France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

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Vincent Bignon  and
Marc Flandreau
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Rodney Edvinsson ,
Tor Jacobson  and
Daniel Waldenström
Rodney Edvinsson
Affiliation:
Stockholms Universitet
Tor Jacobson
Affiliation:
Sveriges Riksbank
Daniel Waldenström
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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Sveriges Riksbank and the History of Central Banking , pp. 206 - 241
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