The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) aims at reducing the deficit bias and inducing fiscal policy co-ordination in EMU. This article shows that, under positive (demand or supply) shocks, average deficits and interest rates with fiscal co-ordination can be higher than without co-ordination, thus...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of national fiscal policies in the European Union and in the European Monetary Union. Adopting a critical perspective, the book offers a deep insight into the consequences of the current strategy of national fiscal policies on economic activity

In light of persistent in ation dispersion and rising debt levels in the EMU, this paper investigates the welfare implications of budget-neutral scal policies that counteract in ation di erentials. In a two-country DSGE model of a monetary union with traded and non-traded goods a national scal...