Regarding a prospective reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) it seems rather consensual that a … growth rule as single operational indicator linked to a debt anchor. Compared to the status quo, our analysis suggests that … expenditure growth targets which take account of the ECB's symmetric 2% inflation target can improve the cyclical properties of …

economic growth to a fiscal shock are mostly positive in both financial stress regimes; (iii) financial stress has a negative … effect on output growth and worsens the fiscal position; (iv) the nonlinearity in the response of output growth to a fiscal …

economic growth to a fiscal shock are mostly positive in both financial stress regimes; (iii) financial stress has a negative … effect on output growth and worsens the fiscal position; (iv) the nonlinearity in the response of output growth to a fiscal …

Regarding a prospective reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) it seems rather consensual that a … growth rule as single operational indicator linked to a debt anchor. Compared to the status quo, our analysis suggests that … expenditure growth targets which take account of the ECB’s symmetric 2% inflation target can improve the cyclical properties of …

public expenditure and its financing via revenue and deficits, and economic growth. We review the various channels through … which public finances affect growth and its underlying determinants (institutional framework, employment, savings and … surveys the empirical findings on the impact of fiscal variables on sustained economic growth. …

We construct a growth model with an explicit government role, where more government resources reduce the optimal level …-2008, we use different proxies for government size and institutional quality. Our results, consistent with the presented growth … model, show a negative effect of the size of government on growth. Similarly, institutional quality has a positive impact on …