The Euroland crisis and Germany's euro trilemma

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 360-385

  Bibow, Jörg ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

austerity; bailouts; balance of payments crisis; banking crisis; competitiveness imbalances; euro; fiscal transfers; monetary union; sovereign debt crisis

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; BANKING; COMPETITIVENESS; DEBT CRISIS; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84877803416     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2012.721757     Document Type: Article

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