From contagion to incoherence towards a model of the unfolding Eurozone crisis

Contributions to Political Economy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-71

  Varoufakis, Yanis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84878942981     PISSN: 02775921     EISSN: 14643588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cpe/bzt006     Document Type: Article

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