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EU accession and the hardening of soft budget constraints: some macro evidence

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  • Herbert Brücker

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  • Philipp Schröder

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Economic Change and Restructuring.

Volume (Year): 40 (2007)
Issue (Month): 3 (September)
Pages: 235-252

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Handle: RePEc:kap:ecopln:v:40:y:2007:i:3:p:235-252
DOI: 10.1007/s10644-007-9028-y
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Keywords: Soft budget constraint; EU enlargement; F15; D78; G30; P21; P26; P30;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

  • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
  • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
  • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
  • P21 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
  • P26 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies - - - Political Economy
  • P30 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - General

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