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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Political Economy of the US Monetary Union: The Civil War Era as a Watershed

  • David F. Weiman
  • John A. James
American Economic Review
vol. 97, no. 2, May 2007
(pp. 271–275)
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Citation

Weiman, David, F., and John A. James. 2007. "The Political Economy of the US Monetary Union: The Civil War Era as a Watershed." American Economic Review, 97 (2): 271–275. DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.2.271

JEL Classification

  • E42 Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems
  • N11 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
  • N21 Economic History: Financial Markets and Institutions: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
  • N41 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913