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The crisis of economic governance in the European Union

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  • Ernesto Longobardi

    (University of Bari)

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This paper deals with the origin and the evolution of the European system of fiscal rules and discusses the perspectives for future developments. The early debate about the design of establishing a monetary union in a not optimal currency area, with decentralized fiscal policies, is reconsidered. The main developments of the European rulesDbased fiscal governance are discussed, starting with the Maastricht Treaty and going through the institution and the evolution of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). After drawing a brief outline of the system of fiscal rules in force at present, the key issue of the estimation of potential output is considered. The shortcomings of the estimation practices are, to a large extent, responsible for the inadequate results produced by the shift from nominal to structural targets, which was the main aim of the SGP reforms. The paper concludes sketching the debate on the reform of the European economic governance.

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  • Ernesto Longobardi, 2015. "The crisis of economic governance in the European Union," SERIES 07-2015, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", revised Oct 2015.
    • Handle: RePEc:bai:series:series_wp_07-2015
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    Keywords

    Fiscal Rules; Fiscal policy; European Monetary Union;
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    JEL classification:

    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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