Policy convergence with or without the european union: The interaction of policy success, EU membership and policy convergence

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 631-648

  Fink, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84878826270     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12018     Document Type: Article

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