Governments as investors of last resort: Comparative credit crisis case-studies

Theoretical Inquiries in Law

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 385-405

  Hertig, Gerard ^a  

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EID: 84870194242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15653404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1565-3404.1298     Document Type: Article

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