Democratic accountability and the exchange-rate policy of the euro area

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 774-799

  Henning, C Randall ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; China; Euro governance; Exchange rate policy; Interest groups; The euro

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648937097     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290701642648     Document Type: Article

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