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This paper contributes to the debate on the design of a centralised fiscal tool absorbing country-specific negative shocks in the euro area. Based on theoretical insights, it identifies the broad characteristics that a shock absorber based on unemployment should have in order to be...
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The euro area will not have a centralised budget and smoothing of country-specific asymmetric shocks via private financial markets will develop only slowly. Mistrust among the governments has caused rigid, even pro-cyclical fiscal policies. Smoothing mechanisms are absent due to the fear that...
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There have been widespread criticisms of EMU fiscal institutions. We consider a simple alternative to the deficit ceilings envisaged in the Stability and Growth Pact. We advocate the adoption of deficit targets. National governments should retain discretion in setting deviations from targets,...
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Finanzpolitik der EU-Mitgliedsstaaten gesammelt hat. Diese betreffen sowohl die Defizitobergrenze des Stabilitätspakts als auch die … einen neuen Policy Mix in der Euro-Zone organisieren hilft und zugleich das berühmte Zuordnungsproblem adäquat löst. Das … Wirksamkeit der automatischen Stabilisatoren der Finanzpolitik gerade im Konjunkturabschwung und verbessert zugleich die …
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