The expansion of the finance industry and its impact on the economy: A territorial approach based on swiss pension funds

Economic Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-334

  Corpataux, José ^a   Crevoisier, Olivier ^b   Theurillat, Thierry ^b  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finance industry; Pension funds; Regions; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CAPITAL; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PENSION SYSTEM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 72749095220     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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