This paper analyzes the performative impact of the European Commission's model for estimating 'potential output', which is used as a yardstick for measuring the 'structural budget balance' of EU countries and, hence, is crucial for coordinating European fiscal policies. In pre-crisis years,...

European financial markets are still fragmented. A lack of cross-border lending and cross-border asset holdings hinders the financing of the economy, the conduct of monetary policy as well as cross-border risk-sharing against asymmetric shocks. Reviving the market for securitizations is vital...

Despite its political significance the size of the European Union's budget is rather modest: the expenditures make up less than one per cent of the EU's Gross National Income. This article aims to examine the long-term problems linked to the budget. Critical analysis of characteristic features...

The recent European crisis has put the issue of government efficiency high on national policy agendas. Policy measures that result in a reduction of bureaucratic slack or red tape can alleviate the trade-off between consolidation and public service provision. Since 2007 the role of the EU budget...

The current system for the financing of the EU needs to be reformed. This paper puts forth a reform proposal with two important elements: first, the addition of an EU VAT share on receipts; and second, a shift in power from the European Council to the European Parliament with regard to the...

We analyze the effectiveness of fiscal policy in general and automatic stabilizers in particular to stabilize output in Eurozone member states under the current institutional framework of fiscal governance. First, a descriptive analysis based on macro data is conducted for the period 2007-2014,...

Steht das hoffnungsvoll gehegte, weltweit bewunderte europäische Integrationsprojekt heute vor dem Scheitern? Die Konflikte und Spannungen um die Stabilität der Währungsunion ("Eurokrise") und die enormen Herausforderungen der Flüchtlingskrise haben die Grundfesten der Europäischen Union...

Der Beitrag analysiert das Management der Krise in Griechenland. Grundlage des Krisenmanagements, so die Argumentation, waren Diagnosen, die über eine Stigmatisierung der griechischen Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft eine strengere Haushaltsdisziplin rechtfertigten, sowie ein allzu eng gefasstes...

Die gegenwärtige Ruhe in der Eurozone trügt. Der Euro steht weiter auf der Kippe. Das Machtwort von Mario Draghi hat nichts gelöst. Die Dreifach-Krise – Banken-, Staatsschulden- und Wettbewerbskrise – schwelt weiter. Das Grundübel der Währungsunion ist multiples „moral hazard“....

Starting from the objectives and the status of European tax harmonization and based on the research literature's studies, the paper formulates its own arguments pro tax competition and con total fiscal harmonization, with regard to direct taxation, by responding to some key questions: "Have...

Among economic policy questions remaining without a definitive response perhaps none are as contentious as the future of direct taxation within the European Union. In this paper I intend to express my opinion regarding the issue of Tax Harmonization versus Tax Competition which has been globally...

Starting from the objectives and the status of European tax harmonization and based on the research literature's studies, the paper formulates its own arguments pro tax competition and con total fiscal harmonization, with regard to direct taxation, by responding to some key questions: "Have...

Im Sommer 2011 haben sich die Aussichten für die Weltwirtschaft deutlich verschlechtert. Insbesondere droht in Europa die Staatsschuldenkrise sich zu einer Bankenkrise auszuweiten. Dies belastet zunehmend auch die deutsche Konjunktur. Die stark erhöhte Unsicherheit wird die nländische...

"Does the European Union need closer fiscal integration, and in particular a stronger fiscal centre, to become more resilient to economic shocks? This book looks at the experience of 13 federal states to help inform the heated debate on this issue. It analyses in detail their practices in...