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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of national fiscal policies in the European Union and in the European Monetary Union. Adopting a critical perspective, the book offers a deep insight into the consequences of the current strategy of national fiscal policies on economic activity. OSCAR AFONSO Assistant Professor in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Portugal RUI HENRIQUE ALVES Invited Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Portugal M JESS ARROYO FERNNDEZ Associate Professor of Economics (with Tenure), Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain JRME CREEL Deputy Director, Observatoire Franais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE, Sciences Po), Paris since 2003; Professor of Economics, ESCP-EAP European School of Management TERESA GARCA DEL VALLE Associate Professor of Statistics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain GUY J. GILBERT Full Professor of Economics, Ecole Normale Suprieure at Cachan; Member, Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne-Paris I University CARMEN GMEZ Lecturer in Economics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain THIERRY MADIS Full Professor of Economics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Member, Council of Economic Analysis of the French Prime Minister CATHERINE MATHIEU Senior Economist, Analysis and Forecasting Department, OFCE (Observatoire franais des conjonctures conomiques), Paris, France CARLO PANICO Professor of Economics, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy GWENALLE POILON Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris; Observatoire Franais de la Conjoncture Economique (OFCE) SABRINA ROSTAING-PARIS Lecturer, University of Bordeaux 4, France HENRI STERDYNIAK Head, Economics of Globalisation Department, OFCE (Observatoire franais des conjonctures conomiques), Paris, France; Professor of Economics, University of Paris-Dauphine, France; Member, Steering Committee, AFSE (Association Franaise de Science Economique); Member, EUROFRAME (European network of economic institutes) JORGE UX GONZLEZ Associate Professor of Economics, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain MARTA VZQUEZ SUREZ Santiago University, Spain
