The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...

The aim of this study was provide answers to two research questions. While the first one is concerned with the causes of the remarkable macroeconomic resilience of the Nordic EU-countries since the mid-1990s, the second one is related to the sustainability of a high degree of government activity...

Im Jahr 2000 setzte sich der kräftige gesamtwirtschaftliche Aufschwung bis ins dritte Quartal fort. Die reale Bruttoinlandsproduktion expandierte um 3,6%. Die Lage auf dem Arbeitsmarkt verbesserte sich weiter. Die Arbeitslosenquote ging im Jahresdurchschnitt auf 5,9% zurück, die...