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What are the prerequisites for a euro area fiscal capacity?

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  • Guntram Wolff

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This paper discusses a pathway towards achieving fiscal union in the euro area. It outlines three steps and their prerequisites. In the first step, Banking Union would be completed to increase the financial stability of the euro area. It would render the “no bailout” clause more credible and thereby allow to deal better with insolvent governments. In the second step, more centralised funds would be created in order to provide important public goods and in order to deal with large asymmetric shocks. The third step, which is currently unattainable, consists of a true federalisation of important government functions.
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  • Maria Demertzis & Guntram Wolff, 2020. "What are the prerequisites for a euro area fiscal capacity?," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/386946, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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