Great Fortunes of the Gilded Age

Hugh Rockoff

NBER Working Paper No. 14555
Issued in December 2008

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I thank my colleagues Michael Bordo, Carolyn Moehling, and Eugene White for comments on a previous draft. I also thank the participants in a conference at Chiba University on America’s New Economy in December 2007 for comments on a related paper. The remaining errors are my responsibility. Nuttanan Wichitaksorn provided able research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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