Patching up the pact: Suggestions for enhancing fiscal sustainability and macroeconomic stability in an enlarged European Union

Economics of Transition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-102

  Buiter, Willem H ^a   Grafe, Clemens ^b  

^a EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European integration; Fiscal policy; International policy coordination

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; MAASTRICHT TREATY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1842534290     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0967-0750.2004.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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