The Maastricht fiscal criteria: Required but ineffective?

Empirica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-58

  Holzmann, Robert ^a   Hervé, Yves ^a   Demmel, Roland ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMU; Fiscal criteria; Maastricht Treaty

Indexed keywords

EMU; EUROPEAN UNION; FISCAL PRECONDITIONS; MAASTRICHT TREATY; MONETARY POLICY;

EUROPE, (WEST);

EID: 0030457929     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00925007     Document Type: Article

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