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Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?

The essays in this book survey the motivations for IFCs, analyse their core features and effectiveness in varied institutional settings, distill elements of best practice, and discuss future developments.

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Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds) (2018), ‘Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Beetsma, R and X Debrun (2018), ‘Introduction: Can independent fiscal councils be useful?‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Wren-Lewis, S (2018), ‘Policy delegation and the Consensus Assignment‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Mulas-Granados, C (2018), ‘Fiscal councils in theory: First principles‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Wyplosz, C (2018), ‘Fiscal councils and fiscal rules: Complements or substitutes?‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Wehner, J (2018), ‘Promoting good practices: The OECD Principles and beyond‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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von Trapp, L (2018), ‘Measuring IFI independence: A first pass using the OECD IFI database‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Lledó, V (2018), ‘The effectiveness of fiscal councils: Emerging international evidence‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Alt, J (2018), ‘Fiscal councils and fiscal transparency‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Ódor, L (2018), ‘Fiscal surveillance in the EU: from maze to pyramid?‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Page, K (2018), ‘The UK Office of Budget Responsibility: Mission accomplished? A perspective from a former practitioner‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Horvath, M (2018), ‘Children of the crisis: Fiscal councils in Portugal, Spain and Ireland‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Jonung, L (2018), ‘Homegrown: The Swedish fiscal policy framework‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Kopits, G (2018), ‘Some myths about independent fiscal institutions‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Sunshine, R (2018), ‘Addressing the communications challenges facing an independent fiscal institution: A view from the Congressional Budget Office‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Asatryan, Z and F Heinemann (2018), ‘The European Fiscal Board: An experiment at the supranational level‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Basso, H and J Costain (2018), ‘Fiscal councils: A first step towards fiscal delegation in Europe?‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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von Hagen, J (2018), ‘Are fiscal councils here to stay?‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs

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Escrivá, J, E Janeba and G Langenus (2018), ‘Fiscal councils in federal or decentralised countries: Belgium, Germany and Spain‘, in Beetsma, R and X Debrun (eds), Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or lapdogs?, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/independent-fiscal-councils-watchdogs-or-lapdogs