The Four Achilles' Heels of the Eurosystem : Missing Central Monetary Institution, Different Real Rates of Interest, Nonmarketable Securities, and Missing Lender of Last Resort

International Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 46-68

  Spethmann, Dieter ^a   Steiger, Otto ^b  

^a Chance Solicitors ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 67651042209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15580970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08911916.2004.11042923     Document Type: Article

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