Financialisation and the dynamics of offshoring in the USA

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-293

  Milberg, William ^a   Winkler, Deborah ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financialisation; Offshoring; Profit share

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950931381     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep061     Document Type: Article

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