EFB Workshop - 28 February 2019 - An Coimisiún Eorpach

EFB Workshop 28 Februay 2019

Report on the EFB workshop on ‘Independent Fiscal Institutions in the EU Fiscal Framework’

EFB Workshop Programme 2019

Morning Session

'Fiscal Discipline: From Theory to Practice' by Charles Wyplosz

'Discussion of 'Fiscal Discipline: From Theory to Practice' by George Kopits

'Independent Fiscal Institutions in the European Union: Is Coordination Required?' by Xavier Debrun

Discussion of 'Independent Fiscal Institutions in the European Union: Is Coordination Required?' by Cinzia Alcidi

'Is the Expenditure Benchmark up to Standard? Procyclicality in the Measurement of Potential' by Sebastian Barnes and Eddie Casey

Discussion of ‘Overcoming Procyclicality in the EU Spending Rule’ by Christophe Kamps

Afternoon Session

'Costing election manifestos' by Dace Kalsone, Janis Platais and Sander van Veldhuizen

Discussion of 'Costing Election Manifestos' by Scherie Nicol

'The Swedish Fiscal Framework – the most successful one in the EU?' by Fredrik Andersson and Lars Jonung

Discussion of 'The Swedish fiscal framework – the most successful one in the EU?’ by Tobias Tesche

'Some elements of a revamped fiscal framework for Spain' by Carlos Cuerpo

Discussion of ‘Some elements of a revamped fiscal framework for Spain’ by László Jankovics

'Concluding remarks of the First Workshop by the European Fiscal Board' by Roel Beetsma