The myth (or folly) of the 3% deficit/GDP Maastricht 'parameter'

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-116

  Pasinetti, Luigi L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GDP; MAASTRICHT TREATY; NATIONAL DEBT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031980961     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013701     Document Type: Review

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