Understanding the 2007-2008 global financial crisis: Lessons for scholars of international political economy

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 14, Issue , 2011, Pages 67-87

  Helleiner, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

capital mobility; financial regulation; global imbalances; securitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955974816     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-050409-112539     Document Type: Article

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