Two paths to financial liberalization: South Korea and Taiwan

Pacific Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 241-267

  Thurbon, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian Crisis; Financial liberalization; Globalization; South Korea; State capacity; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LIBERALIZATION;

SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035210041     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740110037370     Document Type: Article

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