The EMU's Legitimacy and the ECB as a Strategic Political Player in the Crisis Context

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 287-300

  Torres, Francisco ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

constraints; Economic and Monetary Union; European Central Bank; legitimacy; monetary governance; spillovers; strategic political role

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876331026     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2013.774784     Document Type: Article

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