Financialization and the role of real estate in Hong Kong's regime of accumulation

Economic Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-171

  Smart, Alan ^a   Lee, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Financialization; Hong Kong; Post Fordism; Real estate; Regulation theory; Wealth effect

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; POST-FORDISM; PROPERTY MARKET;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0043270482     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2003.tb00206.x     Document Type: Article

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