Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153778 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1344
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We test whether two key elements of the EU and euro area economic governance framework, the Stability and Growth Pact and the Lisbon Strategy, have had any impact on macroeconomic outcomes. We test this proposition using a difference-in-difference approach on a panel of over 30 countries, some of which are non-EU (control group). Hence, the impact of the EU economic governance pillars is evaluated based on both the performance before and after their application as well as against the control group. We find strong and robust evidence that neither the Stability and Growth Pact nor the Lisbon Strategy have had a significant beneficial impact on fiscal and economic performance outcomes. We conclude that a profound reform of these pillars is needed to make them work in the next decade.
Subjects: 
euro area
European Union
governance
institutions
Lisbon Strategy
Stability and Growth Pact
JEL: 
E62
E63
H63
O43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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