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Title:On optimal personal income taxation Author(s):DOLIGALSKI, Pawel EUI affiliated

Date:2016Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2016 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:How should we tax people's incomes? I address this question from three different angles. The first chapter describes the optimal income tax when people can hide earnings by working in a shadow economy. The second chapter ...

Title:Debt Consolidation and Fiscal Stabilization of Deep Recessions Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; KUESTER, Keith; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2010/03Abstract:The global financial crisis of 2008–09 has sent public debt on sharply higher trajectories. With the economic recovery gradually taking hold, the focus is now shifting to fiscal “exit” strategies. Medium-term ...

Title:Essays on fiscal and monetary policy Author(s):TAGKALAKIS, AthanasiosDate:2005Citation: Florence, European University Institute, 2005 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics

Title:Fiscal policy and consumption Author(s):CALLEGARI, GiovanniDate:2007Citation: Florence: European University Institute, 2007 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:There is little doubt that fiscal policy plays an important role in business cycle fluctuations; however, the ability of fiscal policy measure to work as a countercyclical stimulus has recently been questioned (see Taylor, ...

Title:Need for (the right) speed : the timing and composition of public debt deleveraging Author(s):ROMEI, Federica EUI affiliated

Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2015/11Abstract:This paper studies the optimal path for public debt deleveraging in a heterogeneous agents framework under incomplete financial markets. My analysis addresses two questions. What is the optimal fiscal instrument the ...

Title:Essays on fiscal and monetary unions Author(s):GARCÍA-RODRÍGUEZ, AbiánDate:2015Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2015 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Are we better together? Versions of this question have been heard repeatedly around Europe on the aftermath of the Great Recession. On the Eurozone, the suboptimal design of the monetary union has contributed to create ...

Title:Essays in macroeconomic theory : fiscal and monetary policy Author(s):CAMOUS, AntoineDate:2015Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2015 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis investigates the design of appropriate institutions to ensure the good conduct of fiscal and monetary policy. The three chapters develop theoretical frameworks to address the time-inconsistency of policy plans ...