Enforcement and the Stability and Growth Pact : How Fiscal Policy Did and Did Not Change Under Europe's Fiscal Framework /

The Stability and Growth Pact has been a success in numerous EU countries, especially in guiding them toward underlying fiscal balance ahead of population aging. These countries tend to be smaller, subject to greater macroeconomic volatility, and reliant on a form of fiscal governance that emphasize...

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Hovedforfatter: Annett, Anthony
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/116
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:The Stability and Growth Pact has been a success in numerous EU countries, especially in guiding them toward underlying fiscal balance ahead of population aging. These countries tend to be smaller, subject to greater macroeconomic volatility, and reliant on a form of fiscal governance that emphasizes targets and contracts. Most of the new members share these characteristics. For the countries less compatible with the Pact, domestic governance reforms that increase the reputational costs for noncompliance can be useful complements to the fiscal framework.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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