The allocation of power in the enlarged ECB governing council: An assessment of the ECB rotation model

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 865-897

  Belke, Ansgar ^a   Styczynska, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33845423983     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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