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Free Banking in Sweden 1830–1903: Experience and Debate

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Erik Lakomaa is professor of economics at the Stockhom School of Economics. Thanks to George Selgin, Magnus Henrekson, Evelina Lorentzon, Håkan Lindgren, Harald Edqvist and Christoffer Rydland, seminar participants at the Austrian Scholars Conference, Uppsala Univerity, and Stockholm School of Economics. Grateful thanks also to the Jacob Wallenberg Research Foundation and the Louis Fraenckel Scholarship Fund for financial support. The usual caveat applies.

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Lakomaa, E. Free Banking in Sweden 1830–1903: Experience and Debate. Quart J Austrian Econ 10, 122–141 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12113-007-9012-4

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