In this paper fiscal policy is defined through the totality of government decisions in which it builds and shapes the state's fiscal system, in line with the financial - monetary objectives and expectations, drawing on the resources needed to cover public expenditure. Also addressing the tax...

Global economy was significantly affected by the global financial crisis and especially the budget balance of all countries. Sovereign debts cause the lack of stability and the shift of monetary policy. This paper is about the recent evolutions in euro zone and its perspectives. The Euro break...

A part of the empirical literature seems to support the view that international differences in corporate taxation are important determinants of FDI location, while another part argue that FDI are attracted by the business environment, without taking into consideration any directly or indirectly...

Global economy was significantly affected by the global financial crisis and especially the budget balance of all countries. Starting with 2008 the global economy has been confronting the deepest economic downturn since the Great Recession in 1930. The crisis had a high level of synchronization,...

Presented at the Inaugural meeting of the Global Society of Fellows of the Global Interdependence Center, Banque de France, Paris, France, March 26, 2012

Presented at the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, The Initiative on Global Markets University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York, New York, February 24, 2012

When governments analyze tax policies aimed at attracting investment, they typically rely on a variable called the marginal effective tax rate (METR) on capital. The METR is a measure of the effective tax burden on new business investment. Recent Ontario budgets have presented estimates of the...

This research paper is intended to be an analysis of the measures taken by the Romanian economic recovery through levers it has at hand, namely macroeconomic policies. Current financial and economic crisis appears to be unprecedented in the last half century. Whether it's a financial crisis or...

In this paper we evaluate the long-term performance of the Polish public pension system from three perspectives: fiscal stability, intergenerational redistribution and adequacy of pension benefits. We assess the two recent public pension reforms undertaken in Poland: 1) the shift of a part of...

The public finance constraints introduced by the Maastricht Treaty have been subject to numerous debates among economists. Balassone and Franco (2000) pointed out, for instance, that the fulfillment of these constraints allows for fiscal discipline and flexibility and excludes any bias from an...