The purpose of this paper is to explore whether the 'Fit for 55' update of the European Union's CO₂ regulation is up to the task of fixing its past mistakes and putting Europe on course to reach net zero mobility by 2050, while also dealing with the new set of challenges that arises with the...

[Introduction] This 2016 report of the project TAXUD/2013/CC/120 presents estimates of the effective tax rates on investment in the EU member states, FYROM and Turkey as well as Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan and the United States. The work presented in this report updates for the year 2016...

[Introduction] This 2015 report of the project TAXUD/2013/CC/120 presents estimates of the effective tax rates on investment in the EU member states, FYROM and Turkey as well as Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan and the United States. The work presented in this report updates for the year 2015...

Not since the Great Depression have monetary policy matters and institutions weighed so heavily in commercial, financial, and political arenas. Apart from the eurozone crisis and global monetary policy issues, for nearly two years all else has counted for little more than noise on a relative...

To date, critical analysis of the EMU project has largely been advanced from the centre-right spectrum of British politics. Comparable questions from the centre-left have failed to find a coherent voice. Although, the European fault-line cannot be characterized as a neat Left-Right issue there...

In this paper, I reflect on selected economic and institutional indicators of Croatia and Bulgaria ahead of the countries' potential adoption of the euro in 2023 and 20243, respectively. Our aim is to assess potential benefits and risks from the perspective of (1) the two countries and (2) the...

Auch in Dänemark schwächte sich das Wirtschaftswachstum im Laufe des vergangenen Jahres ab. Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt dürfte nur noch um 1 ¼ % expandiert sein. Auf dem Arbeitsmarkt hat sich die Lage zuletzt etwas verschlechtert. Die Arbeitslosenquote lag im Jahresdurchschnitt bei 4 ½...

Nach dem durch zahlreiche negative Überraschungen und Katastrophen geprägten Jahr 2001 hat mit der geglückten Einführung des Euro als Bargeld das Jahr 2002 positiv begonnen. Wenn sich auch die Konjunktur in Deutschland und Europa noch in einer kritischen Phase bewegt, so bestehen doch gute...