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1 - Prospects for UK growth in the aftermath of the financial crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

Jagjit S. Chadha
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University of Kent, Canterbury
Alec Crystal
Affiliation:
Cass Business School
Joe Pearlman
Affiliation:
City University London
Peter Smith
Affiliation:
University of York
Stephen Wright
Affiliation:
Birkbeck, University of London
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