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Corporation formation in the antebellum United States in comparative context

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  • Robert E. Wright

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Between 1790 and 1860, US state governments chartered 22,419 businesses, with minimum authorised capital totalling $4.58 billion, by special statute. The US, in both total and per capita terms, had considerably more corporations and authorised corporate capital than the UK, France or Prussia did over that same span. Differences in incorporation and capitalisation rates between nations were largely a function of differences in laws and politics but differences among American states resulted more from differences in the timing and character of economic development.

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  • Richard Sylla & Robert E. Wright, 2013. "Corporation formation in the antebellum United States in comparative context," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(4), pages 653-669, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:55:y:2013:i:4:p:653-669
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2012.741977
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    3. Eric Hilt, 2016. "Corporation Law and the Shift toward Open Access in the Antebellum United States," NBER Chapters, in: Organizations, Civil Society, and the Roots of Development, pages 147-177, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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