fiscal policy Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/fiscal-policy/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Fri, 05 May 2023 12:16:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png fiscal policy Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/fiscal-policy/ 32 32 Reform of Fiscal Rules in Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/meetings-and-seminars/article/reform-of-fiscal-rules-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reform-of-fiscal-rules-in-europe https://en.irefeurope.org/meetings-and-seminars/article/reform-of-fiscal-rules-in-europe/#respond Fri, 05 May 2023 00:17:17 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35056 Is a return to sound public finances possible, and is it probable? This topic will be discussed in another interesting talk at the Anglo-American University in Prague. Jan Schnellenbach as…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/meetings-and-seminars/article/reform-of-fiscal-rules-in-europe/feed/ 0 Just How Unequal Would We Still Be If We Were All Equal? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/just-how-unequal-would-we-still-be-if-we-were-all-equal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-how-unequal-would-we-still-be-if-we-were-all-equal https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/just-how-unequal-would-we-still-be-if-we-were-all-equal/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:30:00 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/just-how-unequal-would-we-still-be-if-we-were-all-equal/ Suppose we had a society where the only difference among its members were their age. How unequally would wealth then be distributed?

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/just-how-unequal-would-we-still-be-if-we-were-all-equal/feed/ 0 Taxing In and Out Of France https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/taxing-in-and-out-of-france/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taxing-in-and-out-of-france https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/taxing-in-and-out-of-france/#respond Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:28:32 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/taxing-in-and-out-of-france/ Fighting tax exile: this is Yann Galut’s aim. This French Socialist representative is at the head of a Committee created in the National Assembly to think out measures against tax exile. The work of this committee should end up in bills introduced in the Parliament as soon as May.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/taxing-in-and-out-of-france/feed/ 0 Booms, Busts & Fiscal Policy – Public finances in the future? https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/booms-busts-fiscal-policy-public-finances-in-the-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=booms-busts-fiscal-policy-public-finances-in-the-future https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/booms-busts-fiscal-policy-public-finances-in-the-future/#respond Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:54:10 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/other-publications/news/booms-busts-fiscal-policy-public-finances-in-the-future/ This study is realized by Ludger Schuknecht, economist at the European Central Bank. He is making the case for the return to healthy and sustainable public finances. In that perspective, the authors identifies four central issues.

First, deficits and debts must be returned to a sustainable path. In many countries, deficits will need to fall by one percentage point of GDP per year and in some by much more. Even then, a balanced budget would only be reached in about 2015 for the average of the euro area and even later in the U.K.

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