Does EMU need a fiscal federation?

Economic Policy

Volumn , Issue 26, 1998, Pages 163-203

  Fatás, Antonio ^a  

^a CEPR ^*

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; FEDERALISM; FISCAL POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031853765     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0327.00031     Document Type: Article

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