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Structural Reforms in the European Union
In this thesis, I study different dimensions of the interaction between economic outcomes and EU economic governance with a specific emphasis on the framework for fiscal policy and fiscal stabilization. Each of the three chapters consists of a self-contained research article followed by the corresponding appendix. Chapters 1 and 2 refer to the institutional status quo and examine the impact of existing rules. By contrast, Chapter 3 takes a forward-looking perspective and considers the effects associated with a specific potential reform of the framework.