Fiscal policy, labour markets and the difficulties of inter-country adjustment within EMU

Travails of the Eurozone: Economic Policies, Economic Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 95-119

  Allsopp, Christopher ^a   Vines, David ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84958287053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230801479     Document Type: Chapter

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