Can fiscal policy co-ordination be made to work effectively?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1047-1059

  Begg, Iain ^a   Schelkle, Waltraud ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10044243835     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9886.2004.539_4.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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