Why has the stability and growth pact failed?

International Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-260

  de Haan, Jakob ^a   Berger, Helge ^b   Jansen, David Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FISCAL POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFORM PROCESS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144231745     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1367-0271.2004.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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