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The financial crisis of 2007-2009 led to a renewed increase in government deficits and debts in many EU countries … the internal market of the EU. This would increase the wedge between members and non-members of the euro area …
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The analysis of the macroeconomic impact of fiscal policies in the euro area has been traditionally limited by the absence of quarterly fiscal data. To overcome this problem, we provide two new databases in this paper. Firstly, we construct a quarterly database of euro area fiscal variables for...
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This note looks at US$ and DM/Euro denominated government bond spreads relative to US and German benchmark bonds before and after the start of the current financial crisis. The study finds, first, that bond yield spreads before and during the crisis can largely be explained on the basis of...
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This paper provides a study of bond yield differentials among EU eurobonds issued between 1991 and 2002. Interest … differentials between bonds issued by EU countries and Germany or the USA contain risk premia which increase with the debt, deficit … spreads between EU countries and Germany/USA. The start of the European Monetary Union had significant effects on the bond …
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such rules in Japan and in the EU. Comparing the performance of fiscal policy in the 1980s and 1990s until 2003, we find … rule of the Maastricht Treaty had a significant impact on political budget cycles in the EU, but did little to constrain … fiscal rule in the EU has vanished. Next, we discuss the importance of budgetary institutions for the effectiveness of fiscal …
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