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Is the European Semester effective and useful?

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  • Konstantinos Efstathiou
  • Guntram B. Wolff

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The authors study whether and to what extent EU countries implement recommendations on macroeconomic imbalances given by the EU in the so-called European Semester. They assess how recommendations have evolved since 2013, based on a new database. Konstantinos Efstathiou and Guntram B. Wolff also study how EU recommendations on addressing macroeconomic imbalances compare to recommendations given by the International Monetary Fund. Overall implementation of recommendations by EU countries has worsened in the...

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  • Konstantinos Efstathiou & Guntram B. Wolff, 2018. "Is the European Semester effective and useful?," Policy Contributions 26281, Bruegel.
    • Handle: RePEc:bre:polcon:26281
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