limiting its increase, comparing within and between seven diverse EU countries. We do that by measuring the implications of …

detail the contribution of automatic stabilisers and discretionary policy changes to income changes in the EU countries …

study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … countries. These effects depend on income levels and the structures of the existing national tax and transfer systems. The EU …

affected the cushioning of income shocks in the Euro zone and the EU-27 in the period 2007-2014. We propose a new summary …