Money Makes the EU Go Round: The Objective Foundations of Conflict in the Council of Ministers

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 437-456

  Bailer, Stefanie ^a   Mattila, Mikko ^b   Schneider, Gerald ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 84926667449     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12194     Document Type: Article

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