Financialisation and the Malaysian political economy

Globalizations

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-506

  Rethel, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian capitalisms; Debt; Financialisation; Malaysia; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649692355     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731003798476     Document Type: Article

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