The paper studies the interaction between the monetary and fiscal authorities in the Euro area and the block of outside countries during the Third Stage of EMU. Restraints on fiscal policies and outside monetary policy are introduced as utility costs related to the use of the tax instruments...

The policy mix for industry decarbonization in Germany currently undergoes substantial changes. While in the past, it focused strongly on measures supporting and regulating energy efficiency, while in recent years instruments were added that aim at deep decarbonization of industrial production...

This paper studies the design of the policy mix in a monetary union, that is, the institutional arrangement specifying the relationships between the various policymakers present in the union and the extent of their capacity of action. It is assumed that policymakers do not cooperate. Detailing...