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New life for an old framework: redesigning the European Union's expenditure and golden fiscal rules

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  • Darvas, Zsolt
  • Anderson, Julia

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In the context of the review of the EU economic governance framework, this study recommends a multi-year ahead expenditure rule anchored in an appropriate public debt target, augmented with an asymmetric golden rule that provides extra fiscal space only in times of a recession. An improved governance framework should strengthen national fiscal councils and include a European fiscal council, while financial sanctions should be replaced with instruments related to surveillance, positive incentives, market discipline and increased political cost of noncompliance.

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  • Darvas, Zsolt & Anderson, Julia, 2020. "New life for an old framework: redesigning the European Union's expenditure and golden fiscal rules," Corvinus Economics Working Papers (CEWP) 2020/05, Corvinus University of Budapest.
    • Handle: RePEc:cvh:coecwp:2020/05
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    1. Carl Mühlbach, 2022. "Ein Update für die europäischen Fiskalregeln [The European Fiscal Rules Need Major Reforms]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 102(6), pages 456-460, June.
    2. Carlos Fonseca Marinheiro, 2021. "The Expenditure Benchmark: Complex and Unsuitable for Independent Fiscal Institutions," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 63(3), pages 411-431, September.
    3. Corti, Francesco & Alcidi, Cinzia & Gros, Daniel & Liscai, Alessandro & Shamsfakhr, Farzaneh, 2022. "A qualified treatment for green and social investments within a revised EU fiscal framework," CEPS Papers 36574, Centre for European Policy Studies.
    4. Catherine Mathieu & Henri Sterdyniak, 2021. "Vers une réforme des règles budgétaires dans la zone euro ?," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03474871, HAL.
    5. Cinzia Alcidi & Francesco Corti & Daniel Gros, 2022. "A Golden Rule for Social Investments: How to Do It," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 57(1), pages 26-32, January.

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    Keywords

    expenditure rule; golden rule; structural budget balance;
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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
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General

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