Market transition: An assessment of the state of the field

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-294

  Keister, Lisa A ^a   Borelli, E Paige ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Rational choice; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861958396     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2012.55.2.267     Document Type: Review

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