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Are the European Commission's forecasts of public finances better than those of national governments?

By: Jakub Rybacki  
Open Access
|Oct 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2020-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
Language: English
Page range: 101 - 109
Published on: Oct 31, 2020
Published by: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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