Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

The ECB Council has to take a decision on the future of its asset purchase programmes as the monetary crisis support that was appropriate in the early phase of the pandemic needs to be adjusted to new…

• Misappropriation of Subsidies Weakens Effectiveness of Chinese Innovation Policy
• Which Measures Promote Energy Savings in Private Households Most Cost-Effectively?
• Debt-Equity Bias Should Be Addressed on…

Chapter of e-book edited by Oriana Bandiera, Erica Bosio  and Giancarlo Spagnolo

Public spending (i.e., “G”) enables governments to fulfill their fiscal policies. This paper takes a micro perspective and quantifies the impact of procurement spending — a specific component of G — on firm…

In 2012, 22 EU countries signed the Fiscal Compact, an intergovernmental agreement aimed at backing EU fiscal rules with national arrangements. The main objective of the Compact was to strengthen compliance.…