A political-economy analysis of the Asian financial crisis

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-330

  Liew, Leong H ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY DEVALUATION; DEBT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; IMF; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ASIA;

EID: 0032420615     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547869808724655     Document Type: Article

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