Political structures and financial liberalization in pre-crisis East Asia

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-92

  Zhang, Xiaoke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL POLICY; LIBERALIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

KOREA; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

EID: 0037356783     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02686323     Document Type: Article

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