The '2008 Crisis' in an economic history perspective: Looking at the twentieth century

Business History

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-192

  Kobrak, Christopher ^a   Wilkins, Mira ^b  

^a ESCP EUROPE   (France)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles and panics; Financial and economic crises; Financial history

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 79956190493     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2011.555104     Document Type: Article

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