Sources of Franco-German corporate support for the euro: The effects of business network centrality and political connections

European Union Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-139

  Jäger, Kai ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate political behavior; euro crisis; European Monetary Union; lobbying; political campaign; political connections; social and political embeddedness; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873947055     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116512458837     Document Type: Article

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