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 …

analyze the performance of the 28 EU countries on redistribution across i) age groups; ii) occupational groups; and iii …