The EU's stability and growth pact: Its credibility and sustainability

Public Money and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Fingland, Lisa ^a,b   Bailey, Stephen J ^b  

^a Renfrewshire Council

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 47649109996     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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