User profiles for Svend E. Hougaard Jensen

svend eggert jensen

Clinical Associate Professor, MD, PhD, FESC
Verified email at rn.dk
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Promoting sustainable public finances in the European Union: The role of fiscal rules and government efficiency

UM Bergman, MM Hutchison, SEH Jensen - European Journal of Political …, 2016 - Elsevier
New indices of fiscal rule strength are constructed and, using a dynamic panel econometric
model for 27 EU countries over the period 1990–2012, we assess whether national fiscal …

Fiscal governance in the euro area: institutions vs. rules

AH Hallett, SE Hougaard Jensen - Journal of European Public …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This contribution considers mechanisms for rule-based fiscal policy co-ordination to replace
the failed Stability and Growth Pact in the euro area. It argues in favour of soft debt targets as …

[BOOK][B] Uncertain demographics and fiscal sustainability

JM Alho, SEH Jensen, J Lassila - 2008 - books.google.com
There is widespread acceptance that much of the developed world faces a potential pensions
and welfare crisis as a result of declining birth rates and an ageing population. However, …

[BOOK][B] Fiscal aspects of European monetary integration

AH Hallett, MM Hutchison, SEH Jensen - 1999 - books.google.com
Monetary union in Europe started in 1999. The fiscal policy implications are, in many ways,
more complex than the monetary issues. This book contains 11 papers and three review …

Population ageing, public debt and sustainable fiscal policy

SEH Jensen, S BO NIELSEN - Fiscal Studies, 1995 - JSTOR
Due to rising life expectancy and declining fertility, the world's population is ageing rapidly.
Not only does the number of elderly relative to the number of working-age people increase, …

[BOOK][B] Using Dynamic General Equilibrium Models for Policy Analysis: Contributions to Economic Analysis

GW Harrison, SEH Jensen, LH Pedersen… - 2000 - research.cbs.dk
This volume offers an up-to-date treatment of dynamic general equilibrium modeling. The
book, written by some of the most experienced researchers in the field, contains a rich array of …

[BOOK][B] Reform capacity and macroeconomic performance in the Nordic countries

TM Andersen, M Bergman, SEH Jensen - 2015 - books.google.com
The outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 has had significant effects on economic activity,
unemployment, and public finances for all European countries. However, European …

[BOOK][B] Do sound public finances require fiscal rules or is market pressure enough?

M Bergman, MM Hutchison, SEH Jensen - 2013 - people.ucsc.edu
This paper discusses the balance between market pressure and fiscal rules in order to keep
public finances on a sustainable path. We provide empirical evidence on market …

Distributional effects of fiscal consolidation

SEH Jensen, TF Rutherford - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
If public goods and transfers are relatively more valuable to the poor, the elderly poor stand
to lose from public debt reduction achieved through spending cuts. When long–term …

The European economy at the cross roads: Structural reforms, fiscal constraints, and the Lisbon Agenda

AH Hallett, SEH Jensen, C Richter - Research in International Business and …, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper studies the incentives to sustain and extend a monetary union under alternative
assumptions about the extent of market reform within the union and accession countries. …