Making finance productive

Economy and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-140

  Christophers, Brett ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finance; National accounts; Productiveness; Representation; Statistics; Value added

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 79951784542     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2011.529337     Document Type: Article

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