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The impact of New Deal expenditures on mobility during the Great Depression

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  • Fishback, Price V.
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  • Kantor, Shawn

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  • Fishback, Price V. & Horrace, William C. & Kantor, Shawn, 2006. "The impact of New Deal expenditures on mobility during the Great Depression," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 43(2), pages 179-222, April.
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