The global economic crisis, eastern europe, and the former Soviet union: Models of development and the contradictions of internationalization

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-34

  Smith, Adrian ^a   Swain, Adam ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CIS; Currency devaluation; East Central Europe; EU banks; Euro; European Central Bank; European Commission; European Economic Area; European Neighborhood Policy; European Union; Former Soviet Union; Global financial crisis; U.S. banks

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; CURRENCY DEVALUATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; IMPORT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76949108037     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.51.1.1     Document Type: Article

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