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Durch den Maastrichter Vertrag soll Europa auf den Weg zu einer solidarischen und subsidiären Währungsunion gebracht werden. Nach einer Übersetzung dieser Begriffe in ökonomische Termini werden die Konsequenzen für die Fortentwicklung der EG-Finanzen untersucht. Es zeigt sich, daß das...
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Neben der EU-Agrarpolitik ist es vor allem die EU-Kohäsionspolitik, die in ihrer derzeitigen Gestalt eine Osterweiterung kaum finanzierbar erscheinen läßt. Die Kohäsionspolitik hat das Ziel, regionale Entwicklungsunterschiede einzuebnen. Sie ist dabei mit der Gefahr behaftet, daß sie...
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There are at least two reasons why sustainability of public debt is an issue of increasing importance. First, public choice considerations show the danger of an excessive use of deficit finance in a democracy. Second, the conditions of a European Monetary Union (EMU) imply further incentives for...
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This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. We argue that a viable European fiscal union can be constructed without joint liability for public debt or a centralized government with a large common budget. Such a fiscal union should combine elements of market discipline...
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Following numerous reforms of fiscal governance in the eurozone since 2011, the year 2016 saw another important innovation: the founding of the European Fiscal Board (EFB) with the selection and appointment of its five members. The EFB was one of the elements envisaged by the Five Presidents'...
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The aggravating turbulences in the market for euro government bonds have so far precluded any recovery from the debt crisis. The key problem is that structural reforms and consolidation measures have long impact lags and are not able to stop an acute self-fulfilling crisis of confidence. In the...
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