Are Europe's Social Security Finances Compatible with EMU? /

Pursuant to the Treaty of Maastricht, members of the European Union (EU) intend to participate in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), in part through convergence toward specified limits on the overall deficit and gross debt of general government. The paper argues that in several EU members, the f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kopits, George
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Series:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1997/003
Online Access:Full text available on IMF