Reconsidering American interests in emerging market crises: An unanticipated outcome to the Asian financial crisis

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-305

  Robertson, Justin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Financial crises; Foreign investment; Korea; Market opening; Multinational corporations; Thailand; US foreign economic policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047211232     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290701203680     Document Type: Article

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