Running an enlarged euro-zone - Reforming the European Central Bank: Efficiency, legitimacy and national economic interest

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 820-841

  Howarth, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central banking; ECB; Efficiency; EMU; Enlargement; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648967686     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290701642713     Document Type: Article

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