Defying the 'Juncker curse': Can reformist governments be re-elected?

Empirica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-100

  Buti, Marco ^a   Turrini, Alessandro ^a   Van Noord, Paul ^a   Biroli, Pietro ^b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic and monetary union; Electoral cycle; Financial markets; Structural reforms

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; FINANCIAL MARKET; FISCAL REFORM; OECD; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 58049089520     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-008-9093-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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