The domestic political origins of global financial standards: The Agrarian roots of American securities regulations

Business and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Carney, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

corporate finance; corporate governance; corporate ownership; farmers; financial regulations; international standards; New Deal; securities and exchange commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755130296     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1360     Document Type: Article

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