Number crunching: Financialization and spatial strategies of risk organization

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1267-1291

  Wainwright, Thomas ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit crunch; Demutualization; Financialization; Retail banking; Securitization

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; HOUSING MARKET; RETAILING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867612301     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs003     Document Type: Article

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