Varieties of helping capitalism: Politico-economic determinants of bank rescue packages in the EU during the recent crisis

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 639-669

  Weber, Beat ^a   Schmitz, Stefan W ^a  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Europe; Financial crisis; Financial markets; Financialization; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053204438     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr009     Document Type: Article

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