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3 - Creating Stable Systems of Public Finance in the United States and Germany

Lessons for the Eurozone

from Part I - Comparative Historical and Institutional Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2017

Ivano Cardinale
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
D'Maris Coffman
Affiliation:
University College London
Roberto Scazzieri
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
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