Turning the page? EU fiscal consolidation in the wake of the crisis

Empirica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-51

  van den Noord, Paul ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

European Union; Fiscal policy; Structural reforms

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC REFORM; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY;

EID: 79951772830     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-010-9144-1     Document Type: Article

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