In the shadow: Illegal markets and economic sociology

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-30

  Beckert, Jens ^a   Wehinger, Frank ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Criminology; Economic sociology; Illegal markets; Informal economy; Markets; Sociology of markets; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872165562     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mws020     Document Type: Article

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