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3 - Sveriges Riksbank: 350 Years in the Making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

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Klas Fregert
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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. 90 - 142
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