The London Stock Exchange 1869-1929: new bloody statistics for old?
Hannah, L.
(2017).
The London Stock Exchange 1869-1929: new bloody statistics for old?
(Economic History working papers 263/2017).
London School of Economics and Political Science.
Newly-assembled datasets on the size and composition of the London Stock Exchange present some results contradicting conventional wisdom. A forensic examination of one study of corporate equities in the Investor’s Monthly Manual between 1869 and 1929 suggests both idiosyncratic mistakes and generic biases which users of this source need to consider.
| Item Type | Working paper |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2017 The Author |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Economic History |
| Date Deposited | 27 Jun 2017 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/82404 |
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