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Enhanced Fiscal Governance in the European Union: The Fiscal Compact

By: Merike Kukk and  Karsten Staehr  
Open Access
|Feb 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2015-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
Language: English
Page range: 73 - 92
Published on: Feb 1, 2015
Published by: Tallinn University of Technology
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