The EU's Fiscal Compact requires member states to legislate structural budget balance rule(s) (SBR). We use elite interviews and government documents from Austria, Ireland, and Portugal to assess the extent to which SBRs are perceived to have resulted in improved accountability, coordination, and credible commitment on the part of elected officials. We find that establishing the SBRs in legislation has not resulted in domestic ownership on the part of the member states. Furthermore, SBRs do not appear to have improved accountability due to questions about their accuracy. There is some evidence that SBRs aid finance ministries' coordination efforts.
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机译：欧盟的财政紧凑型要求会员国致立法结构预算平衡规则（SBR）。 We use elite interviews and government documents from Austria, Ireland, and Portugal to assess the extent to which SBRs are perceived to have resulted in improved accountability, coordination, and credible commitment on the part of elected officials. 我们发现建立立法中的SBRS并未导致成员国的国内所有权。 此外，由于关于他们的准确性问题，SBR似乎没有提高问责制。 有一些证据表明SBRS援助财政部的协调努力。
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