The wonder-clause

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-385

  Gelpern, Anna ^a   Gulati, Mitu ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action clauses; Eurozone; Legal theory of finance; Sovereign debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880344153     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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