Of 'good' and 'bad' subsidies: European state aid control through soft and hard law

West European Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 719-737

  Blauberger, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID POLICY; COMPETITION POLICY; ENTREPRENEUR; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350684083     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380902945300     Document Type: Article

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