The success story of the Eurozone crisis? Ireland's austerity measures

Public Money and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-98

  Robbins, Geraldine ^a,b   Lapsley, Irvine ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Eurozone; financial crisis; Ireland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893605153     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887515     Document Type: Article

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