Trimming the Sails : The Comparative Political Economy of Expansionary Fiscal Consolidations

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- PART ONE A Critical Assessment of the Concept of Non-Keynesian Effects -- CHAPTER 2 Stylized Facts of EU Countries' Major Fiscal Episodes -- CHAPTER 3 An Expectational View of Fiscal Policy A Non-Linear Approach to Fiscal Consolidation -- CHAPTER 4 The Composition of Adjustment and the Structure of Labor Markets A Linear Approach to Fiscal Consolidation -- PART TWO Testing the Institutional Conditions of Non-Keynesian Effects in Hungary -- CHAPTER 5 Financial Intermediation in Hungary A Comparative Perspective -- CHAPTER 6 The Expenditure Side of the Hungarian General Government A Decompositional Analysis -- CHAPTER 7 Labor Market Structure and Wage Bargaining in Hungary The (Ir) relevance of a Social Pact -- CHAPTER 8 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Index.