Structural reforms in Europe and the (in)coherence of institutions

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-39

  Amable, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Flexicurity; Institutional complementarity; Political economy; Structural reforms

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EMPLOYMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LABOR MARKET; OECD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFORM PROCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 66449132306     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grp001     Document Type: Article

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