A fiscal union for the Euro
Subtitle: some lessons from history
By: Michael D. Bordo, Agnieszka Markiewicz, Lars Jonung
Contributors: Markiewicz, Agnieszka; Jonung, Lars; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 17380; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 17380.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "The recent financial crisis 2007-2009 was the longest and the deepest recession since the Great Depression of 1930.  The crisis that originated in subprime mortgage markets was spread and amplified through globalised financial markets and resulted in severe debt crises in several European countries in 2010 and 2011.  Events revealed that the European Union had insufficient means to halt the spiral of European debt crisis.  In particular, no pan-European fiscal mechanism to face a global crisis is available at present.  The aim of this study is to identify the characteristics of a robust common fiscal policy framework that could have alleviated the consequences of the recent crisis.  This is done by using the political and fiscal history of five federal states; Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany and the United States"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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