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The political economy of the German Länder deficits: weak governments meet strong finance ministers

Beate Jochimsen Department of Economics, Freie Universität Berlin,Boltzmannstr, 20, D-14195 Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Robert Nuscheler Department of Economics, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstr, 16, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
Pages 2399-2415 | Published online: 16 Apr 2010

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