Zelizer's theory of money and the case of local currencies

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1026-1041

  Evans, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LOCAL ECONOMY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 66249134275     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4144     Document Type: Article

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