Budgetary consolidation in Europe: Quality, economic conditions, and persistence

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 512-535

  von Hagen, Jürgen ^a   Hallett, Andrew Hughes ^b   Strauch, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 0036948465     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2002.0516     Document Type: Article

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