Governing finance: Global imperatives and the challenges of reconciling community representation with expertise

Economic Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-302

  Clark, Gordon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community sentiments; Finance; Governance; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 54349096407     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2008.tb00366.x     Document Type: Article

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