The German 'debt brake': A shining example for European fiscal policy?
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- Achim Truger & Henner Will, 2013. "The German “debt brake”: a shining example for European fiscal policy?," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(1), pages 153-188.
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Keywords
Germany; debt brake; Euro zone; Euro crisis; sovereign debt;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
- H39 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Other
- H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
- H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2012-12-22 (European Economics)
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