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7 - Lost in Complexity

Towards a Decentralised and Depoliticised Fiscal Framework in Europe

from Part II - Better Institutions for Better Fiscal Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2017

Ľudovít Ódor
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Council for Budget Responsibility, Slovakia
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