Power versus weight in IMF governance: The possible beneficial implications of a United European bloc vote

Reforming the Governance of the IMF and the World Bank

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 251-282

  Leech, Dennis ^a   Leech, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746630571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/UPO9780857288189.012     Document Type: Chapter

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