Transportation and development: insights from the U.S., 1840-1860
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- Arilton Teixeira & Berthold Herrendorf & James A. Schmitz Jr., 2009. "Transportation and Development:Insights from the U.S. 1840-1860," Fucape Working Papers 18, Fucape Business School.
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Transportation; Developing countries; Middle West;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2009-07-11 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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