Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91798 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Policy Paper No. 39
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The view is widespread that there are just two options for the future of the Eurozone – either it is complemented by a fiscal union, or it will fall apart. In this paper, we discuss five possible elements of a fiscal union, of which three are in the centre of the current debate on fiscal union in the Eurozone. Second, we argue that the fiscal union will only work if political integration in Europe goes significantly beyond the current state of affairs. Third, we suggest an alternative approach, which places less emphasis on centralised fiscal policy coordination and focuses on financial sector reform, decentralised responsibility for government debt and sovereign debt restructurings in the case of fiscal crises.
Subjects: 
ESM
Euro
EMU
EU
Fiscal Union
JEL: 
E62
H77
H87
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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