Crisis, learning and policy change in the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 714-734

  Kamkhaji, Jonathan C ^a   Radaelli, Claudio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingent learning; crisis; euro area; mechanisms; policy change; policy learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964394170     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2016.1164744     Document Type: Article

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