Title: International Monetary Economics
1International Monetary Economics
2Fiscal Policy and the Stability Pact
3Limits on effectiveness
4A Crucial Distinction Automatic vs Discretionary
5Automatic Stabilizers
6Discretionary
7The Structural Budget Balance A Formal
Presentation
8A Crucial Distinction Automatic vs Discretionary
9Should the Instrument Be Subjected to Some Form
of Collective Control?
10Income Spillovers 1972-2004
11Should the Instrument Be Subjected to Some Form
of Collective Control?
12The Most Serious Concern The Deficit Bias
13What is the Problem with the Deficit Bias?
14The Answer to Default Risk The No Bailout Clause
15The Answer to Default Risk The No Bailout Clause
16In the End, Should Fiscal Policy Independence be
Limited?
17The General Principles
18How to Restrain Fiscal Policies
19The Stability and Growth Pact
20How the Pact Works
21The Procedure
22The Fine Schedule
23How is the Fine Levied
24The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines
25Issues Raised by the Pact (1)
26Issues Raised by the Pact (2)
27Issues Raised by the Pact (3)
28Issues Raised by the Pact (3)
29Issues Raised by the Pact (3)
30The Early Years (Before Slowdown)
31Further Controversies