This paper contributes to the debate on the design of a centralised fiscal tool absorbing country-specific negative shocks in the euro area. Based on theoretical insights, it identifies the broad characteristics that a shock absorber based on unemployment should have in order to be...

The aim of this paper is to give a detailed description of TABEITA, the tax-benefit Micro Simulation Model (MSM) developed and maintained at Econpubblica (Center for Research on the Public Sector, Bocconi University) for the analysis of the redistributive impact of the Italian Personal Income...