THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, PRICE AND QUANTITY DATA, AND THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
FIELD, AJ
刊物名称:
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN/ISSBN:
0022-0507
DOI:
10.1017/S0022050700010822
发表日期:
1992
页码:
401-413
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摘要:
The contribution to growth of telegraphic- as opposed to rail-speed transmission of financial asset and commodity price data remains unclear. With more certainty we can identify savings in the holdings of real capital-savings made possible by the use of the telegraph at the firm level to implement tight systems of logistical control.