Repairing the original sin of the European Monetary Union

International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-123

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Dafflon, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Euro area; Fiscal policy; Political union; Sovereign debt crisis; Stability and growth pact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865986343     PISSN: 17520479     EISSN: 17520487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMEF.2012.048731     Document Type: Article

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