In the Shadow of Basel: How Competitive Politics Bred the Crisis

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1203-1239

  Thiemann, Matthias ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

global markets; national regulation; regulatory arbitrage; securitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920157186     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2013.860612     Document Type: Article

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