Indeks reguł fiskalnych jako miara jakości reguł fiskalnych w Unii Europejskiej
Fiscal Rules Index as a Measure of Quality of Fiscal Rules

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyse the evolution of national fiscal rules in the European Union in the period 2000–2014, with particular emphasis put on changes in the quality of these rules in time. To achieve such a defined goal, indices of fiscal rules were constructed for 28 countries of the European Union for the years 2000–2014. These indices measure the quality of fiscal rules using various criteria (and the features within each criterion), which characterize the rules in use in different countries. Various levels of those indices reflect the diverse quality of fiscal rules used in the EU countries in the period of investigation. The hypothesis was formulated that in the analysed period in the European Union countries the indices of fiscal rules were increasing systematically, which means that those countries were improving quality of fiscal rules in use, especially after the beginning of economic crisis. The investigation gave evidence that the hypothesis could be proved.

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