Leaving aside issues concerning the optimum size of the public sector and the optimum scale of public revenues, an important issue is to determine which is the public revenue structure that is the most favorable to growth. It is important to distribute the burden of fiscal and parafiscal levies...

In the decades ahead, the size and age structure of the European population will change dramatically. These demographic changes will obviously have a significant impact on society. Economic growth is expected to slow down following the reduction in the population of working age. In addition,...