The sociological approach to financial markets

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 506-533

  Preda, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Economic behaviour; Financial markets; Information

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 34250894378     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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