COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Shared Adjustment

Abstract By April 2021, the COVID-19 crisis in Europe had reached a magnitude that, in the eyes of some observers, either deepened lingering divides and threatened the EU’s very existence, or, conversely, forced the Union to address the fundamental flaws of its euro area and provided an opportunity...

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Main Author: Ralf Boscheck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-10-01
Series:Intereconomics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-021-0999-0
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