The Baltic Republics and the Crisis of 2008-2011

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 426-449

  Kattel, Rainer ^a   Raudla, Ringa ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC POLICY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BALTIC REGION;

EID: 84876006886     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.779456     Document Type: Article

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