Fiscal Discipline and the Question of Convergence of National Interest Rates in the European Union

Open Economies Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-352

  Alexander, Volbert ^a   Anker, Peter ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMU; Financial markets; Government debt; Interest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001301064     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008234929142     Document Type: Article

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