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Fiscal Rule Stretching in the European Union: The Impact of Elections, Financial Stress, and Excessive Deficit Procedures on Government Debt Revisions

Bhuekar A · 2026 · Preprint

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Abstract (excerpt)

This paper examines the strategic manipulationof government debt data—referred to as ”fiscal rule stretch-ing”—among European Union member states, particularly inresponse to electoral incentives, financial market stress, and theconstraints…

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Metadata source: Europe PMC · DOI 10.20944/preprints202603.0301.v1