We analyze the effectiveness of fiscal policy in general and automatic stabilizers in particular to stabilize output in Eurozone member states under the current institutional framework of fiscal governance. First, a descriptive analysis based on macro data is conducted for the period 2007-2014,...

We present the first evidence on public attitudes towards two prominent euro area reform proposals (European Unemployment Benefit Scheme and Sovereign Insolvency Procedure) and assess potential impediments to their implementation by means of a randomized survey experiment in Germany. We find...

We analyze the effectiveness of fiscal policy in general and automatic stabilizers in particular to stabilize output in Eurozone member states under the current institutional framework of fiscal governance. First, a descriptive analysis based on macro data is conducted for the period 2007-2014,...

We present the first evidence on public attitudes towards two prominent euro area reform proposals (European Unemployment Benefit Scheme and Sovereign Insolvency Procedure) and assess potential impediments to their implementation by means of a randomized survey experiment in Germany. We find...

I investigate how households and firms adjust their inflation expectations when experiencing an increase in their energy prices. I use monthly panel survey data in combination with a difference-in-difference approach to show that households increase their inflation expectations when they...

Der Beitrag stellt die Ergebnisse eines incentivierten Umfrageexperiments, das in neun EU-Mitgliedstaaten durchgeführt wurde, vor. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie das Priming gemeinsamer wirtschaftlicher Interessen, einer geteilten Identität und der Corona Pandemie die Ausprägung von Altruismus,...

Mobility of high income individuals across borders puts pressure on governments to lower taxes. A central tenet of the underlying theoretical and empirical models is that mobile individuals react to tax differentials through migration, and in turn immobile households vote for lower taxes in the...

[Einleitung] Im Zentrum von Verteilungsdebatten stehen meist monetäre Größen, wie insbesondere die Höhe und Struktur von Einkommen und Vermögen nach Steuern und Transfers. Aber auch die kostenfreie oder vergünstigte Versorgung mit Gütern und Dienstleistungen durch die öffentliche Hand...