Fiscal Policy Without a State in EMU?

This book examines fiscal policy coordination in EMU and the required adjustments to national fiscal policies by EMU member states. The book shows that, in the process of Europeanization, national interests have had a major impact on the formation of fiscal policy coordination.

Autorentext
JANI KAARLEJÄRVI acts as Special Advisor to the President of Sitra, former Prime Minister of Finland, Mr Esko Aho. He graduated with Master's degrees in Economics, International Politics and Local Governance from the University of Tampere, Finland, and earned his PhD in European Political Economy from the University of Sheffield, UK. He has been a Researcher at the Political Economy Research Centre in Sheffield, UK, and at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany. He has also been an academic assistant, researcher, lecturer and consultant at the University of Tampere and a project secretary in the Association of the Finnish Local and Regional Authorities in Finland. He acted as the Chairman of the Judging Panel of the HP Euroleader 2006 Awards in Italy.

Inhalt
PART I: GERMANY, THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT AND POLICY COORDINATION ON THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AGENDA IN EUROPE The Europeanisation of Fiscal Policy Coordination PART II: FISCAL POLICY COORDINATION UNDER THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT IN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION The Institutional System of Fiscal Policy Coordination The German Dynamics of Uploading the Stability Pact Downloading the Stability Pact in Germany Reuploading Fiscal Policy Coordination in EMU PART III: GERMANY AND THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT: INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR EFFECTIVE FISCAL POLICY COORDINATION IN EMU Reviewing the Institutional System of Fiscal Policy Coordination Challenging the Existing Understanding of Europeanisation in the Study of Germany, the Stability and Growth Pact and Policy Coordination