Monitoring macroeconomic imbalances: Is EU surveillance more effective than IMF surveillance?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1273-1289

  Moschella, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 84925956578     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12136     Document Type: Article

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