Ideas and interests in global financial governance: Comparing German and US preference formation

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 501-521

  Schirm, Stefan A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 85055406566     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557570903103992     Document Type: Article

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