Managing housing bubbles in regional economies under EMU: Ireland and Spain

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Conefrey, Thomas ^a   Gerald, John Fitz ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

EMU; Fiscal policy; Housing market

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951052642     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950110364103     Document Type: Article

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