Real Estate Speculation as a Source of Banking and Currency Instability: Some Different Lessons from the Asian Crisis

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 256-275

  Bentick, Brian L ^a   Lewis, Mervyn K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84993734276     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103530460401400207     Document Type: Article

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