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U.S. Municipal Bonds

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pawel Janas, Caltech

Version:  View help for Version V1

Version Title:  View help for Version Title July 2024 Version

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Project Citation: 

Janas, Pawel. U.S. Municipal Bonds . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E184123V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This study contains information on U.S. municipal bonds outstanding as of 1929 collected from the Moody’s Manual of Governments publication. The data file contains bond-level data on 29,453 municipal bonds from all large cities in the U.S. (100 thousand in population as of 1930) and smaller cities in California, Ohio, Indiana, New York, and Massachusetts. 
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Economic History Association

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Municipal Bonds; Cities; Great Depression
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1929 – 12/31/1929 (1929)
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) other

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation bond
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit city

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