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The economic literature provides a wide range of analysis on how fiscal aggregates in general and efficiency in the public sector in particular affect the economy. However, economic history has shown that fiscal and public policies often depart from what could be considered optimal.
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Papadimitriou, P. (2011). Fiscal Rules in the EU: Time to Rethink and Start from the Basics. In: Botsiou, K., Klapsis, A. (eds) The Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook 2011. The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18415-4_4
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