The democratic accountability of the European Central Bank: A comment on two fairy-tales

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-407

  De Haan, Jakob ^a   Eijffinger, Sylvester C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0040958498     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00227     Document Type: Review

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