With a unique data set summarizing the quality of rules-based fiscal governance in EU member states, we show that …

We study whether and to what extent EU countries implement recommendations on macroeconomic imbalances given by the EU … also study how EU recommendations on addressing macroeconomic imbalances compare to recommendations given by the … International Monetary Fund. Overall implementation of recommendations by EU countries has worsened in the last few years, in …

from the EU of the United Kingdom - home to the EU’s main capital market centre - makes the project even more relevant …. Although integrating and deepening capital markets has been a long standing goal of the EU, actual progress has been limited … development of EU capital markets. Although the European Council has repeatedly underlined the CMU’s importance, only a few of …