The principles of budgetary completeness and transparency are indispensable elements of fiscal surveillance in the European Union. Within this context, this study deals with the leading question to which extent budgetary policy in the ten new EU member states (NMS) can be regarded as transparent...

Abstract: Die neuen als auch die bisherigen Mitgliedstaaten der EU stehen vor großen Herausforderungen im Hinblick auf die Stabilität der öffentlichen Haushalte mit schnell alternden Gesellschaften. Nachhaltige Staatsfinanzen gelten mit Recht als notwendige Bedingung für eine auf Dauer...

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...

EMU driven interest rate convergence has led to a significant reduction of borrowing costs for some European governments in the second half of the nineties. The paper deals with the possible consequences for deficit behaviour. Although the impact of interest rates on deficits is a crucial...