Crises, what crises? New evidence on the relative roles of political and economic crises in begetting reforms

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1670-1691

  Campos, Nauro F ^a   Hsiao, Cheng ^b   Nugent, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LABOR MARKET; POLITICAL RELATIONS; REFORM PROCESS; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 78751523146     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.492865     Document Type: Article

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