The institutional design of EMU: A democratic deficit?

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-132

  Verdun, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION;

EID: 0032232269     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X98000063     Document Type: Article

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