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Bringing Macroeconomics into the EU Budget Debate: Why and How?

  1. SEBASTIAN DULLIEN1,
  2. DANIELA SCHWARZER2

Article first published online: 9 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.01836.x

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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

Volume 47, Issue 1, pages 153–174, January 2009

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DULLIEN, S. and SCHWARZER, D. (2009), Bringing Macroeconomics into the EU Budget Debate: Why and How?. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 47: 153–174. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.01836.x

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  1. 1

    FHTW Berlin

  2. 2

    Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

*Daniela Schwarzer Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Ludwigkirchplatz 3–4 D-10719 Berlin, Germany Tel +49 172 640 97 12 Fax +49 30 880075217 email daniela.schwarzer@swp-berlin.org

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