Lars Jonung
Professor emeritus
Stability and Growth Pact of the European Union, the
Författare
Summary, in English
While fiscal policy making in the EU is in the hands of national governments, it is to be carried out in accordance with commonly agreed rules: the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). The SGP originates in the understanding that uncoordinated fiscal policy produces cross-border effects that can harm the functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union. For member states with an excessive deficit, that is, a general government deficit of more than 3 % of GDP, the SGP rules are more invasive. Since its inception in 1997, the SGP has undergone a series of amendments aimed at improving fiscal governance in the EU.
Avdelning/ar
- Nationalekonomiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2016-11-29
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i uppslagsverk
Förlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Ämne
- Economics
Nyckelord
- automatic stabilisers
- discretionary fiscal policy
- excessive deficit procedure
- fiscal policy making
- E6
- H3
- H6
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-1-349-95121-5