Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5053988 | Economic Modelling | 2015 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
We analyze the determinants of the budget balance of 27 EU countries from 1991 to 2011 with a panel approach. Our focus is on the effectiveness of fiscal rules and fiscal councils as well as the impact of EMU membership and creative accounting, approximated by stock-flow-adjustments. We especially contribute to the literature by analyzing the joint influence of fiscal rules with fiscal councils and stock-flow-adjustments, measured by their interaction terms. We find a significant influence for fiscal rules and stock-flow-adjustments and as well as under crisis conditions for fiscal councils. Also the interaction variables display influence.
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Authors
Dominik Maltritz, Sebastian Wüste,