The remit of financial geography - Before and after the crisis

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 723-747

  Lee, Roger ^a   Clark, Gordon L ^b   Pollard, Jane ^c   Leyshon, Andrew ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Financialisation; Markets; Political economy; Regulation; Risk pricing

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 69749100644     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp035     Document Type: Article

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