We analyze how the combined effect of automatic stabilizers and discretionary changes in taxbenefit systems have affected the cushioning of income shocks in the Euro zone and the EU-27 in the period 2007-2014. We propose a new summary measure of the combined effect of automatic stabilizers and...

Die Haushaltskonsolidierung hat seit geraumer Zeit eine hohe Priorität. Sie ist auch als mittelfristiges Ziel im Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt fest verankert. Neben dieser angebotspolitischen Ausrichtung der Finanzpolitik bleibt aber auch die Verstetigung der Konjunktur eine wichtige Aufgabe....

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...

"This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...