Die Autoren Clemens Fuest, Udo die Fabio und Gabriel Felbermayr haben die Effizienz staatlicher Eingriffe anhand verschiedener Beispiele untersucht und analysiert, ob man dieselben Ziele nicht mit anderen Mitteln besser und zu geringeren Kosten erreichen könnte. Ihr Fazit: Nicht alles, was gut...

The Corona pandemic exposes the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union (EU) as well as the differences in the resilience of the European economies. This study therefore looks at how the EU and its member states can emerge stronger and more competitive from the crisis. The ideas of the...

A widespread objection to the introduction of consumption tax systems claims that this would lead to high tax revenue losses. This paper investigates the revenue effects of a consumption tax reform in Germany. Our results suggest that the revenue losses would be surprisingly low. We find a...