The EMU Stability Pact: Credible and Effective?, by David Stasavage Several studies have shown that there are a number of reasons to believe that it is neither necessary nor desirable to bind fiscal policy of EMU member states with tight rules. Now that the stability pact has been ratified, however, another pressing question is whether its procédures for sanctions for states that break fiscal policy rules are likely to have their intended deterrent effect. A close investigation of the statutes shows that a pact which has been portrayed as establi-shing strict rules in fact leaves a large amount of discretion to the European Commission and Council. What's more, experience with fiscal policy rules in other countries and with the application o...
This study begins with a survey of institutional developments in the European fiscal framework since...
At the heart of fiscal rules in the EU is the (in)famous 3%-threshold: countries should avoid deficits...
Fiscal profligacy poses a high risk to the credibility of Europe’s common monetary policy and its ...
The EMU Stability Pact: Credible and Effective?, by David Stasavage Several studies have shown that ...
The Growth and Stability Pact: Stabilisation, Credibility and the EMU Fiscal Criteria by Dominique ...
International audienceIn December 1999, the WAEMU countries have adopted the convergence Pact, stabi...
This paper evaluates the Stability and Growth Pact. After examining the rules in place and the expe...
European public finance : a politically acceptable reform of the Growth and Stability Pact The deba...
The paper proposes a theoretical analysis illustrating some key policy trade-offs involved in the im...
Trends and Assymmetries in European Budget Policy Rules and Implementation of the Stability Pact T...
Prior to EMU, fiscal policy within the EU was disciplined by the threat of exclusion of the single c...
The paper reflects the nature of the Stability and Growth Pact capturing its innovative essence as a...
The Stability and Growth Pact was adopted by the Amsterdam European Council in 1997, for the purpose...
The failure of the Raffarin Government to respect the Stability and Growth Pact (Stability Pact, SP)...
Fiscal rules are instrumental for restraining deficit and spending biases in euro area Member States...
This study begins with a survey of institutional developments in the European fiscal framework since...
At the heart of fiscal rules in the EU is the (in)famous 3%-threshold: countries should avoid deficits...
Fiscal profligacy poses a high risk to the credibility of Europe’s common monetary policy and its ...
The EMU Stability Pact: Credible and Effective?, by David Stasavage Several studies have shown that ...
The Growth and Stability Pact: Stabilisation, Credibility and the EMU Fiscal Criteria by Dominique ...
International audienceIn December 1999, the WAEMU countries have adopted the convergence Pact, stabi...
This paper evaluates the Stability and Growth Pact. After examining the rules in place and the expe...
European public finance : a politically acceptable reform of the Growth and Stability Pact The deba...
The paper proposes a theoretical analysis illustrating some key policy trade-offs involved in the im...
Trends and Assymmetries in European Budget Policy Rules and Implementation of the Stability Pact T...
Prior to EMU, fiscal policy within the EU was disciplined by the threat of exclusion of the single c...
The paper reflects the nature of the Stability and Growth Pact capturing its innovative essence as a...
The Stability and Growth Pact was adopted by the Amsterdam European Council in 1997, for the purpose...
The failure of the Raffarin Government to respect the Stability and Growth Pact (Stability Pact, SP)...
Fiscal rules are instrumental for restraining deficit and spending biases in euro area Member States...
This study begins with a survey of institutional developments in the European fiscal framework since...
At the heart of fiscal rules in the EU is the (in)famous 3%-threshold: countries should avoid deficits...
Fiscal profligacy poses a high risk to the credibility of Europe’s common monetary policy and its ...