The EU Factor in Fat Times and in Lean: Did the EU Amplify the Boom and Soften the Bust?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-70

  Jacoby, Wade ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890134763     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12076     Document Type: Article

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