Stability and Growth Pact: Issues and lessons from political economy

International Economics and Economic Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-89

  Schuknecht, Ludger ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deficits; Fiscal rules; Institutional reform; Political economy; Stability and Growth Pact

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244494783     PISSN: 16124804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10368-005-0028-3-y     Document Type: Article

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