This Working Paper presents an overview of structural budget balance models and the adjustments most relevant for Australia. Three models (the OECD model, the IMF model and Treasury’s previously published model in the Australian Government’s 2009-10 Budget and McDonald et al (2010)) are...

Tax competition, both at European and international level, is a current research topic given the current context of accelerating globalization. Subject to competition and tax competition, is increasingly important in the European Union, characterized by a high degree of economic integration, the...