The conventional views of the global crisis: A critical assessment

The Financial Crisis: Origins and Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 39-62

  Brancaccio, Emiliano ^a   Fontana, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85003220274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230303942     Document Type: Chapter

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