Analysing the changing landscape of European financial centres: The role of financial products and the case of Amsterdam

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-303

  Faulconbridge, James ^a   Engelen, Ewald ^b   Hoyler, Michael ^c   Beaverstock, Jonathan ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; STOCK MARKET; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AMSTERDAM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250162498     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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