What are their words worth? : political plans and economic pains of fiscal consolidations in new EU member states

Abstract

We track the behavior of the fiscal authorities of the ten new EU member states in the period that immediately preceded their EU accession in 2004 and show how their plans were revised.

Keywords

• their
• words
• worth
• political
• plans
• economic
• pains
• fiscal
• consolidations
• member
• states