The aim of the paper is to evaluate the effects on growth of discretionary fiscal policy measures in selected\nEurozone countries in the period ranging from 2001 to 2013. The analysis suggests a positive effect of discretionary\nfiscal policy measures on GDP and support the conclusion that structural public balance adjustments have negative\neffects on growth irrespective of macroeconomic conditions. These results show that, if the reduction of the structural\nbalance has to be considered as an objective to be achieved per se, such a goal should not be pursued in times of\ndeteriorating macroeconomic conditions.
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