In the vanguard of globalization: The OECD and international capital liberalization

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 622-645

  Howarth, David ^a   Sadeh, Tal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

capital liberalization; Constructivism; globalization; international organizations; Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; Principal Agent Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855434631     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.603667     Document Type: Article

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