Placing trust, trusting place: on the social construction of offshore financial centres

Political Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 915-937

  Hudson, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBALISATION; OFFSHORE FINANCE; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

BAHAMAS; CAYMAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0031757214     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(98)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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