Economic geographies of financialization

Economic Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-51

  Pike, Andy ^a   Pollard, Jane ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brands; Brewing; Derivatives; Financialization; Political economy; Weather

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FINANCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 74949098314     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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