Financial constraints on the modernization of the Russian economy

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 428-459

  Connolly, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

credit access; financial intermediation; global financial crisis; growth acceleration; growth diagnostics framework; modernization; Russia; underinvestment

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INVESTMENT; MODERNIZATION; STATE ROLE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79958801017     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.52.3.428     Document Type: Article

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