'Close-to-balance or in surplus': A policy-maker's guide to the implementation of the stability and growth pact

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-591

  Artis, Michael J ^a   Buti, Marco ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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EID: 0034362573     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00254     Document Type: Article

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