Bringing macroeconomics back into the political economy of reform: The Lisbon agenda and the 'fiscal philosophy' of EMU

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-103

  Mabbett, Deborah ^a   Schelkle, Waltraud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846924567     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2007.00704.x     Document Type: Review

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