Arbeitspapier

The design of national fiscal frameworks and their budgetary impact

This study analyses the link between fiscal frameworks and their budgetary impact. We look at different features of national numerical fiscal rules in combination with fiscal councils and medium-term budgeting frameworks. We construct our own time-varying dataset for national fiscal frameworks for the period 1990-2012 covering all 27 EU Member States and estimate a dynamic panel on aggregate and disaggregated fiscal policy variables. We find strong support that numerical fiscal rules help to improve the primary balance, and that the budgetary impact can be further strengthened when supported by independent fiscal councils and an effective medium-term budgeting framework.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 1588

Classification
Wirtschaft
Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
Fiscal Policy
National Budget, Deficit, and Debt: General
Subject
fiscal council
fiscal framework
Fiscal Policy
fiscal rules
medium term budgeting framework

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Nerlich, Carolin
Reuter, Wolf Heinrich
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2013

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Nerlich, Carolin
  • Reuter, Wolf Heinrich
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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