A very geographical crisis: The making and breaking of the 2007-2008 financial crisis

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-302

  French, Shaun ^a   Leyshon, Andrew ^a   Thrift, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Financial centres; Financial crises; Media; Securitization; Sub prime

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650610010     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsp013     Document Type: Review

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