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Financial Aspects of the American Civil War: War News, Price Risk, and the Processing of Information

Weidenmier, Marc D.

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Title
Financial Aspects of the American Civil War: War News, Price Risk, and the Processing of Information
Author(s)
Weidenmier, Marc D.
Issue Date
1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Neal, Larry
Department of Study
Economics
Discipline
Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
History, United States
Language
eng
Abstract
The final chapter investigates the doubling of Confederate cotton bond prices between December 1863 and September 1864 despite Confederate defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July 1863. Offsetting adverse war news were movements in the price of the cotton collateral of the war bonds.
Graduation Semester
1999
Type of Resource
text
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