Fiscal Policy Coordination and the Future of the Community Method

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-269

  Chang, Michele ^a  

^a EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coordination and Growth; Fiscal policy; principal agent theory; six pack; Stability and Growth Pact; Treaty on Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876345905     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2013.774776     Document Type: Article

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