Has the Stability and Growth Pact stabilised? Evidence from a panel of 12 European countries and some implications for the reform of the Pact

Ever since its inception EMU has been subject to controversy. The fiscal policy rules embedded in the Treaty on European Union, and clarified in the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), are probably the most contentious. The SGP is being accused of being too rigid and of forcing pro-cyclicality in fisca...

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Main Author: Marinheiro, Carlos José Fonseca (author)
Format: other
Language:eng
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/11763
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/11763