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Investment and the golden rule in the European Union

Marinescu, Ada Cristina - In: Financial studies 22 (2018) 1, pp. 53-63

We will study in this paper the relation between public investment, public debt and fiscal rules in the European Union countries. The strict fiscal rules imposed by EU have negatively affected the investments. The decline in public investment in European Union is related to the fiscal rules...

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How to starve the beast: fiscal and monetary policy rules

Martin, Fernando M. - 2019

Societies often rely on simple rules to restrict the size and behavior of governments. When fiscal and monetary policies are conducted by a discretionary and profligate government, I find that revenue ceilings vastly outperform debt, deficit and monetary rules, both in effectiveness at curbing...

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Potential output and fiscal rules in a monetary union under asymmetric information - 2nd ed

Marattin, Luigi; Meraglia, Simone - 2016 - 2nd edition

We analyze fiscal rules within a Monetary Union in the presence of (i) asymmetric information on member states' potential output and (ii) bail-out among member states. The first-best deficit is contingent on the cycle, that is, on member states' output gap. In the presence of asymmetric...

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Potential output and fiscal rules in a monetary union under asymmetric information

Marattin, Luigi; Meraglia, Simone - 2015

We analyze fiscal rules within a Monetary Union in the presence of (i) asymmetric information about member states' potential output and, therefore, output gap and (ii) bail-out among member states. In our framework, bail-out lowers the scope for signalling (discrimination) by member states...

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Credibility and bias : the case for implementing both a debt anchor and a balanced budget rule

Castro-Valderrama, Marcela de; Moreno-Arias, Nicolás; … - 2023

Should a government have more than one fiscal rule constraining fiscal aggregates? If so, why? In this paper, we present a dynamic general equilibrium model of a small open economy featuring an incumbent government to assess how and why implementing a budget balance rule and a debt anchor rule...

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Fiscal rules and economic cycles : quality (always) matters

Andrián, Leandro; Hirs-Garzón, Jorge; Urrea, Iván; … - 2023

Governments can issue public debt for both good and bad reasons. The former include intertemporal tax smoothing, fiscal stimulus, and asset management. In contrast, the bad reasons, which generate higher indebtedness, are mainly associated with political cycles, rent capture, intergenerational...

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The Economic Case for Monetary Union in the European Union

Buiter, Willem H. - 1997

Differential requirements for seigniorage provide a weak case for retaining monetary independence. As regards adjustment to asymmetric shocks, nominal exchange rate flexibility is at best a limited blessing and at worst a limited curse. Absence of significant fiscal redistribution mechanisms...

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The golden rule of public investment : a necessary and sufficient reform of the EU fiscal framework?

Truger, Achim - 2016

proposes the introduction of the traditional public finance golden rule into the EU/Eurozone fiscal framework (Stability and … (SWP) und Fiskalpakt(FP) der EU/Eurozone. Eine solche Regel würde die öffentlichen (Netto-)Investitionen in geeigneter … Finanzpolitik insgesamt größere Spielräume einräumen und die öffentlichen Investitionen als besonders wachstumsrelevante öffentliche …

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Fiscal targeting rules and macroeconomic stability under distortionary taxation

Reicher, Claire A. - 2014 - This version: September 30, 2014

While European countries have engaged in a debate about fiscal policy rules, little is known about the ability of these rules to ensure stable debt and output paths when taxes are distortionary, particularly in a small open economy. In this situation, it turns out that the interaction between a...

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The analysis of budget rules and macroeconomic implications in several developed economies

Florin, Popescu Răzvan; Sergiu, Prodan - In: Budgetary research review : BRR 2 (2010) 1, pp. 60-91

The purpose of budget rules can be explored from the perspective of the expected results, obtained by their enforcement. On one hand, they are meant to improve or at least maintain certain levels of the budgetary deficit and public debt. On the other hand, they can help or limit the economic...

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