European union budget contributions and expenditures: A lorenz curve approach

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 649-666

  Groot, Loek ^a   Zonneveld, Erik ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84878865821     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12013     Document Type: Article

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