The 'sense and nonsense of Maastricht' revisited: What have we learnt about stabilization in EMU?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 687-710

  Buiter, Willem H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749569848     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00658.x     Document Type: Review

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