Recent times have seen a downgrading of the relevance of fiscal policy, as a result of both the current need to reduce high levels of public deficit and debt, and the dominance of neoclassical theories. The institutional framework and the rules of fiscal policy operating in the European Union are bu
Fiscal Policy in the European Union
β Scribed by JesΓΊs Ferreiro, Giuseppe Fontana, Felipe Serrano (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 235
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Fiscal Federalism in the European Union: How Far Are We?....Pages 6-24
Is There Compatibility between the Stability and Growth Pact and Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers?....Pages 25-52
Stabilization Capacity and Fiscal Policy in the EMU....Pages 53-83
Fiscal Adjustment and Composition of Public Expenditures in the EMU....Pages 84-108
Public Capital and Economic Growth: a Spurious Empirical Link?....Pages 109-128
Has France Become a Deficit Running Country?1....Pages 129-156
How to Deal with Economic Divergences in the EMU?....Pages 157-183
A Scheme to Coordinate Monetary and Fiscal Policies in the Euro Area....Pages 184-208
Back Matter....Pages 209-219
β¦ Subjects
International Economics; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics; Finance, general; Accounting/Auditing
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