We provide a first attempt to include off-balance sheet, implicit insurance to SIFIs into a consistent assessment of fiscal sustainability, for 27 countries of the European Union. We first calculate tax gaps à la Blanchard (1990) and Blanchard et al. (1990). We then introduce two alternative...

We provide a first attempt to include off-balance sheet, implicit insurance to SIFIs into a consistent assessment of fiscal sustainability, for 27 countries of the European Union. We first calculate tax gaps à la Blanchard (1990) and Blanchard et al. (1990). We then introduce two alternative...

Nous proposons une premi ere tentative pour prendre en compte les engagements hors-bilan de l' Etat li es a l'assurance implicite des banques syst emiques dans une evaluation coh erente de la soutenabilit e budg etaire, pour 27 pays de l'Union europ eenne. Nous calculons d'abord des ecarts de...