The golden rule of public investment – a necessary and sufficient reform of the EU fiscal framework?
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Keywords
Golden rule; public investment; fiscal policy austerity; Euro area;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
- E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
- H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2016-06-14 (European Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2016-06-14 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2016-06-14 (Public Economics)
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