Why it pays to synchronize structural reforms in the Euro area across markets and countries

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 356-366

  Everaert, Luc ^a   Schule, Werner ^a  

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EID: 44949244982     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/imfsp.2008.6     Document Type: Article

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