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11 - The Two Eras of Central Banking in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

By
Barry Eichengreen
Edited by
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. 361 - 387
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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