Fortress Europe or open door europe? The external impact of the EU's single market in financial services

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 619-635

  Dür, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

European union; Financial services; Single market programme; Trade policy; Transatlantic relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957515556     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.586792     Document Type: Article

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