Federation with majority decisions: Economic lessons from the history of the United States, Germany and the European Union

Economic Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Vaubel, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEDERAL SYSTEM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044225945     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2004.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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