Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/213160 
Year of Publication: 
2018
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[Journal:] Intereconomics [ISSN:] 1613-964X [Volume:] 53 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 41-46
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
The concept of aggregate euro area fiscal stance and the underlying assumption of significantly positive cross-country fiscal spillovers is a highly debated topic. The European Commission seems intent on using this concept as a basis for introducing top-down coordination of European fiscal policies. This article argues that the spillover effects of fiscal impulses in one country to the rest of the euro area would be rather limited. Introducing fiscal top-down coordination would require a substantial shift of political competencies from member states to the European level. A discussion of potential changes to the current fiscal framework would need to be part of a wider debate on the future of the European Economic and Monetary Union.
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