01685cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000758 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451810325 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Germany : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (114 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes Germany's past fiscal policy behavior and assesses the likely adjustments that would be necessary to bring future fiscal policy behavior in line with European Monetary Union and the Stability and Growth Pact requirements. Using estimated fiscal policy reaction functions that take account Germany's decentralized fiscal decision-making structure, the statistical results suggest that discretionary fiscal policy at the general government level has maintained a procyclical stance since the end of the 1970s. The paper also examines disaggregated labor market developments in Germany. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1998/111 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1998/111/002.1998.issue-111-en.xml IMF e-Library