The bipartisan roots of the financial services crisis

Political Science Quarterly

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 681-696

  Helena, Yeaman ^a  

^a Broward College   (United States)

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EID: 74949092082     PISSN: 00323195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1538-165x.2009.tb00663.x     Document Type: Article

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