Policy Credibility and Sovereign Credit : The Case of New EU Member States /

References to policy credibility, particularly with regard to fiscal policy, are ubiquitous in both economic literature and financial markets, even though it is not directly observable. The case of the EU new member states (NMS)-emerging markets joining a supranational entity that is generally consi...

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Main Author: Kumar, Manmohan S
Other Authors: Hauner, David, Jonáš, Jiří
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007
Series:IMF Working Papers ; Working Paper No. 07/1
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