The policy response to macroeconomic and fiscal imbalances in Italy in the last fifteen years

This paper reviews the main macroeconomic trends and the debate on policy priorities in Italy since the advent of EMU. It argues that, in the decade up to the outbreak of the global crisis (1998-2007), in Italy the reform process came to a virtual standstill and fiscal policy was inconsistent with t...

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Main Authors: Antonio Bassanetti, Matteo Bugamelli, Sandro Momigliano, Roberto Sabbatini, Francesco Zollino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2014-03-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
Subjects:
EMU
Online Access:http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/11985/11825