When Is a Market Not a Market?: ‘Exemption’, ‘Externality’ and ‘Exception’ in the Case of European State Aid Rules

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 32-59

  Davies, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economics; European Union; financial markets; law; market; neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875347559     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412456567     Document Type: Article

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