This paper investigates whether monetary and fiscal policies, such as lump-sum taxes, distortionary taxation and monetization of public deficit, have criminal impacts. We address this question extending the neoclassical monetary growth model. We have demonstrated that fiscal policies affect...

This chapter discusses the rationale for State aid control as part of competition law. Like in other areas of EU competition law, such as abuse of dominance and merger control, there is a clear shift towards a ‘more economic approach' and a stronger focus on efficiency. However, this stronger...