The Political Economy of EDP Fiscal Forecasts: An Empirical Assessment
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- Pina, Álvaro M. & Venes, Nuno M., 2011. "The political economy of EDP fiscal forecasts: An empirical assessment," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 534-546, September.
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Keywords
fiscal forecasting; Stability and Growth Pact; Excessive Deficit Procedure; fiscal rules;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
- H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
- H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FOR-2007-10-20 (Forecasting)
- NEP-MAC-2007-10-20 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2007-10-20 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2007-10-20 (Positive Political Economics)
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