The Political Economy of Budget Deficits in the European Union: The Role of International Constraints and Domestic Structure

European Union Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-189

  Freitag, Markus ^a   Sciarini, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

budget deficit; comparative political economy; EMU; Maastricht

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996210634     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116501002002002     Document Type: Article

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