The credit crunch: Ideological, psychological and epistemological perspectives

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-131

  Lewis, Alan ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Psychological aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951080369     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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