Thou Shalt Not Breach : The Impact on Sovereign Spreads of Noncomplying with the EU Fiscal Rules /

There is evidence that fiscal rules, in particular well-designed rules, are associated with lower sovereign spreads. However, the impact of noncompliance with fiscal rules on spreads has not been examined in the literature. This paper estimates the effect of the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diaz Kalan, Federico
Other Authors: Popescu, Adina, Reynaud, Julien
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/087
Online Access:Full text available on IMF