Fiscal Expectations Under the Stability and Growth Pact : Evidence from Survey Data /

The paper uses survey data to analyze whether financial market expectations on government budget deficits changed in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom during the period of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). Our findings indicate that accuracy of financial expert deficit forecasts incr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poplawski Ribeiro, Marcos
Other Authors: Rulke, Jan-Christoph
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/048
Online Access:Full text available on IMF