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Playing by the Rules: Reforming Fiscal Governance in Europe

By Luc Eyraud, Tao Wu

March 24, 2015

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Luc Eyraud, and Tao Wu. Playing by the Rules: Reforming Fiscal Governance in Europe, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed December 4, 2024
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Summary

The paper contributes to the discussions on fiscal governance in Europe. It takes stock of recent reforms, identifies areas for further progress, and discusses a menu of policy options for the medium-term. The issues covered include: (i) the growing complexity of the European framework and ways to simplify it; (ii) the difficulties to measure and implement structural stance indicators; (iii) the challenge of reconciling fiscal sustainability and growth; (iv) the need to enhance coordination in the area of monitoring; and (v) the obstacles to compliance and proposals to strengthen enforcement.

Subject: Fiscal governance, Fiscal policy, Fiscal rules, Fiscal stance, Public debt

Keywords: Central government, Debt ceiling, Debt increase, Debt level, Debt ratio, Debt rule, Deficit rule, EMU, Euro area country, Europe, Federal government, Fiscal governance, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Rules, Fiscal stance, Government ability, Interest rate, Member country, Output gap data, Output gap measurement error, Potential GDP, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    50

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2015/067

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2015067

  • ISBN:

    9781484300282

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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