Fiscal Policy Without a State in EMU? [electronic resource] : Germany, the Stability and Growth Pact and Policy Coordination /
Kaarlejärvi, J.author.
This book examines fiscal policy coordination in EMU and the required adjustments to national fiscal policies by EMU member states. The book shows that, in the process of Europeanization, national interests have had a major impact on the formation of fiscal policy coordination.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Germany, the Stability and Growth Pact and Policy Coordination on the Political and Economic Agenda in Europe; 1 The Europeanisation of Fiscal Policy Coordination; Part II: Fiscal Policy Coordination under the Stability and Growth Pact in Economic and Monetary Union; 2 The Institutional System of Fiscal Policy Coordination; 3 The German Dynamics of Uploading the Stability Pact; 4 Downloading the Stability Pact in Germany; 5 Reuploading Fiscal Policy Coordination in EMU
Part III: Germany, the Stability and Growth Pact and Policy Coordination: Institutional Capacity for Effective Fiscal Policy Coordination in EMU6 Reviewing the Institutional System of Fiscal Policy Coordination; 7 Challenging the Existing Understanding of Europeanisation in the Study of Germany, the Stability and Growth Pact and Policy Coordination; Appendix: Eleven Years of the Stability Pact in the European Union 1995-2005; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Based on the author's doctoral dissertation at University of Sheffield in Britain.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-288) and index.
This book examines fiscal policy coordination in EMU and the required adjustments to national fiscal policies by EMU member states. The book shows that, in the process of Europeanization, national interests have had a major impact on the formation of fiscal policy coordination.
Political economy.
International economics.
Macroeconomics.
International Political Economy.
International Economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.