Muscatelli, Vito A.; Natale, Piergiovanna; Tirelli, Patrizio - In: European Journal of Political Economy 28 (2012) 1, pp. 14-26
We model a monetary union where fiscal discretion generates excessive debt accumulation in steady state and inefficiently delayed debt adjustment following shocks. By setting a debt target and raising the political cost of deviating from the optimal pace of debt reversal¸ institutional design...