Austerity Fiscal policies versus Development policies in Italy and European Union The debate on economic policy issues underway in Italy and EU shows two different stances: on one hand a support to restrictive budgetary policy, aimed at achieving the balance of government finance, as required by...

In this paper it has been analysed whether and how the Agency for Territorial Cohesion, just recently established and intended to replace the Department for Development and Cohesion Policies, can fit in the complex system of multilevel governance envisaged as per the Community rules for the...

This article investigates the early signs of the impact of the 2008 crisis on fiscal convergence within the EU area. Over the 2004-2012 period we compare the convergence pattern before and after the crisis by considering the key fiscal aggregates and the main economic and functional components...

Since the beginning of the crisis, which occurred in 2008, the European Union has taken a series of measures to stem the financial crisis. One of these has been the Fiscal Compact. The Fiscal Compact is an International Treaty signed by 25 countries of the European Union. Ever since it was...