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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814666303321

Autore

Annett Anthony

Titolo

Enforcement and the stability and growth pact : how fiscal policy did and did not change under Europe's fiscal framework / / [prepared by] Anthony Annett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, European Dept., 2006

ISBN

1-4623-3467-9

1-4527-8142-7

1-283-51141-X

1-4519-0910-1

9786613823861

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (34 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/116

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - European Union countries - Econometric models

Monetary unions - European Union countries - Econometric models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FISCAL FRAMEWORKS""; ""III. DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE FISCAL FRAMEWORK""; ""IV. EXPLAINING DIVERGENT COUNTRY EXPERIENCES: EMPIRICAL RESULTS""; ""V. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

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.