Treasure Island revisited. Jersey's offshore finance centre crisis: Implications for other small island economies

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1619-1637

  Hampton, M P ^a   Christensen, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Menas Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FINANCIAL CRISIS; OFFSHORE FINANCE; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

CHANNEL ISLANDS; JERSEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032708092     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a311619     Document Type: Article

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