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Exchange rate regimes and fiscal discipline in OECD countries

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1999

not economic necessity have dictated the consolidation in the EU during the 90s. …

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The EMU consolidation game - or: does 3.0 really mean 3.0?

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

Within the economic profession, it is a widely held view that the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht treaty are arbitrary numbers without economic foundation. Much of this criticism seems to overlook an important aspect - the strategic dimension of the criteria. This paper focuses on one...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441024

EMU and fiscal discipline : the end of the depreciation threat

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441669

European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians

Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017 - This version: February 12, 2019

We analyze data from an author‐conducted survey of members of the French and German parliaments on European Monetary Union reform preferences. We consider three potential drivers of preferences: nationality, ideology, and personal characteristics. For European Monetary Union policies like...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977499

Making the most of the European Fiscal Board

Asatryan, Zareh; Debrun, Xavier; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017

Following numerous reforms of fiscal governance in the eurozone since 2011, the year 2016 saw another important innovation: the founding of the European Fiscal Board (EFB) with the selection and appointment of its five members. The EFB was one of the elements envisaged by the Five Presidents'...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011639575

Reforming the financing of the European Union : a proposal

Fuest, Clemens; Heinemann, Friedrich; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

In this paper we propose a reform of the EU financing system. The two most important elements of our proposal are i) to … make the contribution of taxpayers to the EU budget more visible by showing an EU VAT share on receipts and ii) to increase … the power of the European Parliament in the determination of the structure of EU expenditures by limiting the multiannual …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528261

European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians

Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017

This study analyzes results from an original survey of members of the French and German parliaments (Assemblée Nationale, Sénat and Bundestag) on economic policies and institutions of the Eurozone. We find that French politicians are significantly more supportive of Eurobonds, a European...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011754032

Exchange rate regimes and fiscal discipline in OECD countries

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1999

not economic necessity have dictated the consolidation in the EU during the 90s. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442384

Do fiscal rules constrain fiscal policy? : a meta-regression-analysis

Heinemann, Friedrich; Moessinger, Marc-Daniel; Yeter, … - 2016

We implement a meta-regression-analysis for the budgetary impact of numerical fiscal rules. Based on 30 studies published in the last decade, we offer a consensus estimate with respect to the level of statistical significance, provide suggestive evidence for the effect size, and identify study...

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Sovereign risk premia : the link between fiscal rules and stability culture ; conference paper

Heinemann, Friedrich; Osterloh, Steffen; Kalb, Alexander - 2013

There is a growing empirical literature studying whether fiscal rules reduce borrowing costs. Nevertheless, it remains an open question whether these rules are effective genuinely or just because they mirror fiscal preferences of politicians and voters. In our analysis of European bond spreads,...

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