Economic and Monetary Union in Europe and Constraints on National Budgetary Policies

24 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006

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A. Lans Bovenberg

Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Jeroen Kremers

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Paul R. Masson

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department; The Brookings Institution

Date Written: July 1990

Abstract

This paper reviews the pros and cons of institutionalized constraints limiting the freedom of national budgetary policies within an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. The issue is approached from three angles: the influence of EMU on (i) budget discipline; (ii) intergenerational equity and intertemporal efficiency; and (iii) macroeconomic stabilization. The desirability of constraints on budgetary policy is related to the arrangements for EMU-wide monetary policy, the credibility of a no-bailout clause among member states, and progress in the area of supply-side policies.

JEL Classification: 321, 431, 432

Suggested Citation

Bovenberg, A. Lans and Kremers, Jeroen and Masson, Paul R., Economic and Monetary Union in Europe and Constraints on National Budgetary Policies (July 1990). IMF Working Paper No. 90/60, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=884881

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