Notes and communications: The financial crisis: Origins and remedies in a critical institutionalist perspective

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 830-838

  Peukert, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

financial crisis; financial markets; regulation; speculation; Veblen

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957724883     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624440313     Document Type: Article

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