Specialised International Financial Centres and their crisis resilience: The case of Luxembourg

Geographische Zeitschrift

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 123-142

  Walther, Olivier ^a   Schulz, Christian ^b   Dörry, Sabine ^a  

^a Enterprise Research Unit Centre for Population   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

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