Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 60, Issue S1, 2014, Pages

  Ivlevs, Artjoms ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b GEP ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D12; Economic insecurity; Ethnicity; P36; Primary commodities; Remittances; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900034769     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12038     Document Type: Article

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