1. Compliance and the Stability and Growth Pact.
- Author
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Hallerberg, Mark and Bridwell, Joshua
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INTERNATIONAL obligations , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *POLITICAL science , *SOCIOECONOMICS - Abstract
An important topic for research in recent decades has been member state compliance with international agreements. Explanations for signatory compliance have included state capacity, ideology of governments, ambiguity of treaties, exogenous social and economic shocks as well as the existence of credible enforcement mechanisms. We look to test existing theories on European member state compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact. Our dataset consists of the original EU-15 countries over a period of nine years. We examine member state compliance in two areas: 1) with regard to avoiding excessive deficits; and 2) compliance with explicit recommendations for action contained within annual EU Commission Assessments of member state stability/convergence programs. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2008