Using data from a unique survey of members of parliaments in France, Germany and Italy in 2018, we estimate the effects of three dimensions on EU and euro area fiscal reform preferences: nationality, political ideology, and populism. We predict and confirm that a German populist party on the...

Using data from a unique survey of members of parliaments in France, Germany and Italy in 2018, we estimate the effects of three dimensions on EU and euro area fiscal reform preferences: nationality, political ideology, and populism. We predict and confirm that a German populist party on the...

Die Studie, erstellt vom ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, analysiert die aktuellen steuerpolitischen Forderungen und deren Folgen für den Steuerwettbewerb. Deutschland weist laut Studie aktuell eine um neun Prozentpunkte höhere Steuerbelastung für Unternehmen...

Declining inflation rates might have negative consequences for tax revenues. Phenomena like the inflationary bracket creep in a progressive income tax system do not work any longer. With this background the paper analyzes the extent of fiscal drag for OECD countries since 1965. Some...