The long shadow of slavery: the persistence of slave owners in southern lawmaking
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- Bellani, Luna & Hager, Anselm & Maurer, Stephan E., 2022. "The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Lawmaking," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 82(1), pages 250-283, March.
- Bellani, Luna & Hager, Anselm & Maurer, Stephan, 2020. "The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Law-Making," IZA Discussion Papers 13611, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Luna Bellani & Anselm Hager & Stephan E. Maurer, 2020. "The long shadow of slavery: the persistence of slave owners in Southern law-making," CEP Discussion Papers dp1714, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Luna Bellani & Anselm Hager & Stephan E. Maurer, 2020. "The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Law-making," Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz 2020-03, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz.
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Ph.D. scholarship and the Young Scholar Fund at the University of Konstanz.;JEL classification:
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N41 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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