Policy coordination, conflicting national interests and the European debt crisis

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Panico, Carlo ^a   Purificato, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debt crisis; European monetary union

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; DEBT CRISIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; FINANCIAL MARKET; FISCAL POLICY; MONETARY POLICY; REFORM PROCESS;

EID: 84877805896     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bet009     Document Type: Article

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