This study was drafted shortly after the announcement of the referendum by which the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union. In this article, the authors make a comprehensive assessment of what would be the tax consequences attached the decision. The article is of interest not only...

We examine fiscal adjustment episodes in 24 OECD countries in order to find how austerity affects debt and growth, and whether the choice of fiscal instrument matters for the results. Influential existing studies argue that spending cuts are more likely to successfully reduce debt and enhance...

Did austerity cause Brexit? This paper shows that the rise of popular support for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), as the single most important correlate of the subsequent Leave vote in the 2016 European Union (EU) referendum, along with broader measures of political dissatisfaction, are...

Europäische Finanzpolitik: Ausgabenpfade als konjunkturgerechte Alternative zum Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt. Seit dem Begin der Europäischen Währungsunion (EWU) steht die Finanzpolitik in Staaten des Euroraums im Zeichen des Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspaktes (SWP). Allerdings ist keines...

The objective of this paper is to estimate the economic impact of tariff measures on the prices and quantities of goods produced and traded, as well as on the economic welfare of the EU in the light of producers in Turkey. In fact, currently applied Common Custom Tariffs (CCT), which are...

We study the effects of a large car scrappage scheme in Germany on new car purchases and local air quality by combining vehicle registration data with data on local air pollutant emissions. For identification we exploit cross-sectional variation across districts in the number of cars eligible...

We study the effects of a large car scrappage scheme in Germany on new car purchases and local air quality by combining vehicle registration data with data on local air pollutant emissions. For identification we exploit cross-sectional variation across districts in the number of cars eligible...