Shifting Fortunes: The Political Economy of Financial Liberalization in Nigeria

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-22

  Lewis, Peter ^a   Stein, Howard ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Banking; Financial reform; Liberalization; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BANKING DEREGULATION; BANKING SECTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL LIBERALISATION; FINANCIAL REFORM; INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS; MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFORM FAILURE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0030863081     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00085-X     Document Type: Article

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