The political economy debate on 'financialization' - A macroeconomic perspective

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 907-944

  van Treeck, Till ^a  

^a Institut fur Makrookonomie und Konjunkturforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Financialization; Political economy; Regulationism; Social accounting; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049112185     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290802492158     Document Type: Article

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