When European integration becomes costly: The euro crisis and public support for European economic governance

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 624-641

  Kuhn, Theresa ^a   Stoeckel, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; European economic governance; macro economic conditions; national identity; sovereign debt crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897028682     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2013.867892     Document Type: Article

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