Banking union as holy grail: Rebuilding the single market in financial services, stabilizing Europe's banks and 'completing' economic and monetary union

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 103-123

  Howarth, David ^a   Quaglia, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881567595     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12054     Document Type: Article

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