The secondary circuit of capital reconsidered: Globalization and the U.S. real estate sector

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 231-275

  Gotham, Kevin Fox ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 33749039220     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502695     Document Type: Article

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