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Which is the optimal fiscal rule in a monetary union? : targeting the structural, the global budgetary deficit, or the public debt?
Menguy, Séverine - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 2-20
The aim of our paper is to contribute to the debate on optimal fiscal rules in a monetary union: in terms of global budgetary deficit, of structural budgetary deficit, or of public debt. Indeed, these rules seem to be mixed in the framework of the European Economic and Monetary Union, with the...
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Reducing sovereign debt levels in the post-Covid Eurozone with a simple deficit rule
Jost, Thomas; Tödter, Karl-Heinz - 2021
Debt levels in the eurozone have reached new record highs. The member countries have tried to cushion the economic … as well as with the hypothetical application of the new fiscal rule to eurozone economies from 2022 to 2026. Finally, we … take up the recent proposal by ESM economists to increase the permissible debt ratio from 60 to 100% of GDP in the eurozone. …
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Impact of fiscal institutions on public finances in the European Union : review of evidence in the empirical literature
Gorčák, Martin; Šaroch, Stanislav - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 21 (2021) 2, pp. 215-232
This paper examines the impact of budgetary institutions on public finances in the European Union on the basis of a critical survey of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. In general, the authors find that fiscal institutions (namely fiscal rules) have successfully contributed to...
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Fiscal Policy and Monetary Integration in Europe
Galí, Jordi; Perotti, Roberto - 2021
A popular view among economists, policymakers, and the media, is that the Maastricht Treaty and then Stability and Growth Pact have significantly impaired the ability of EU governments to conduct a stabilizing fiscal policy and to provide an adequate level of public infrastructure. In this...
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Fiscal Policy and Monetary Integration in Europe
Gali, Jordi - 2003
A popular view among economists, policymakers, and the media, is that the Maastricht Treaty and then Stability and Growth Pact have significantly impaired the ability of EU governments to conduct a stabilizing fiscal policy and to provide an adequate level of public infrastructure. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468923
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Investment and the golden rule in the European Union
Marinescu, Ada Cristina - In: Financial studies 22 (2018) 1, pp. 53-63
We will study in this paper the relation between public investment, public debt and fiscal rules in the European Union countries. The strict fiscal rules imposed by EU have negatively affected the investments. The decline in public investment in European Union is related to the fiscal rules...
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The effectiveness of cyclically adjusted budget rules in the European Union
Wijsman, Sebastiaan - 2019
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Zum Budgetdefizitkriterium des Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspaktes
Eschenbach, Thomas - 2010 - 1. Aufl.
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Design Choices for Fiscal Policy Rules
Anderson, Barry - 2012
This article discusses issues regarding budget process rules in the context of the current pattern of rising fiscal deficits. It begins by explaining the premise that budget process rules have multiple objectives, and so must be judged according to multiple criteria. Prominent among those...
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Does the stability and growth pact induce a bias in the EC's fiscal forecasts?
Gilbert, Niels; Jong, Jasper de - 2014
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