Mispricing of sovereign risk and macroeconomic stability in the eurozone

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 866-880

  De Grauwe, Paul ^a   Ji, Yuemei ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84867675773     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2012.02287.x     Document Type: Article

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