The Institutional Conditions of Political Business Cycle
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The research paper refers to the significant social and economic problem that is not recognizing the effects of the political business cycle. It has been reviewed in the paper the past experience in the operation of fiscal rules in the EU and pointed out their shortcomings. Particular attention was paid to the independent fiscal institutions as entities with which the political temptation to keep the ineffective economic policies could be reduced. Pointed Polish experience in the ratification of the fiscal pact and presented the theoretical justification for the establishment of the Fiscal Council.(original abstract)
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