Financialization of the Economy

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 203-221

  Davis, Gerald F ^a   Kim, Suntae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

financial markets; shareholder value; varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938615686     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-073014-112402     Document Type: Article

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