Sovereign Debt and Joint Liability: An Economic Theory Model for Amending the Treaty of Lisbon

Economic Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 586, 2015, Pages F115-F130

  Basu, Kaushik ^a   Stiglitz, Joseph E ^b  

^a The World Bank and Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT CRISIS; ECONOMIC THEORY; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LIABILITY; MODEL TEST; SOVEREIGNTY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84939421029     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12300     Document Type: Article

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