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In EMU, a country may have difficulty ensuring stability in the face of asymmetric shocks; the response may be unstable … performance within Europe. Within EMU, a country may have difficulty ensuring stability in the face of asymmetric shocks; the …
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and Monetary Union (EMU). This paper systematically analyzes 101 reform proposals presented by professional academic and … background of its author(s), the main aim attached to fiscal policy coordination in the EMU, the timing of the proposal and the …
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rules for fiscal discipline is not a clear-cut one. On the one hand, after phase II of EMU, public investment is found to be … indicate that after phase II of EMU public investment became positively related to previous period budget balances, so that the …
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Coordination arrangements should ensure that fiscal policy is conducted in a consistent manner across the various public entities and sub-sectors of general government. This dimension has gained in relevance as recent fiscal governance reforms in the European Union have put a premium on sound...
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This paper reviews the macroeconomic use of national fiscal policy in EMU and examines the rational and scope for a …
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This paper examines the benefits of co-ordination in EMU in a stylised manner and how these benefits have shaped the co …-ordination framework in EMU. It then discusses in detail the co-ordination experience in four areas that are particularly important for the … functioning of EMU: (i) fiscal policy co-ordination under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP); (ii) the co-ordination of …
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Most of the reforms discussed within the framework of the Lisbon strategy will benefit public finances in the long term. However, in the short-term, there could a trade-off between some structural reforms and budgetary discipline. This possible tension between reforms and fiscal discipline was...
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fiscal stabilization and discipline in EMU. …
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, given the existing degree of political integration in EMU, internal adjustment rather than attempting to re-design the rules …
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There is a broad consensus among economists that the increased interdependence that comes from sharing a common currency and a single monetary policy justifies some degree of economic policy coordination between euro area Member States. However, empirical studies have, thus far, offered...
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