Ukraine's financial crisis, 2009

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-386

  Aslund, Anders ^a  

^a PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Credit default swaps; European union; Exchange rates; Gas sector; GDP; Global financial crisis; Hryvnia; IMF; Inflation; Russia; Steel industry; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; IMF; INFLATION;

UKRAINE;

EID: 76149099274     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.4.371     Document Type: Article

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