Sticking to fiscal plans: The role of institutions

Public Choice

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-503

  von Hagen, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMU; Fiscal institutions; Fiscal policy; Stability and convergence programs; Stability and growth pact

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955093794     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9680-z     Document Type: Article

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