Ideas, interests, and the tipping point: Economic change in India

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 363-389

  Mukherji, Rahul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

deregulation; globalization; India; institutional change; political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876207573     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2012.716371     Document Type: Article

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