The US financial crisis: Lessons for theories of institutional complementarity

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-234

  Campbell, John L ^a,b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Financial crisis; Political economy; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953130585     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwq034     Document Type: Article

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