"ECFIN New Publication" Newsletter Issues

Enhanced Surveillance Report – Greece, September 2020 (23/09/2020)

This is the seventh enhanced surveillance report on Greece monitoring the commitments made by the Greek government at the Eurogroup of 22 June 2018.

Labour Tax Shift in Slovenia: Effects on Growth, Equality and Labour Supply (26/08/2020)

This paper analyses the effects on growth, equality and labour supply of a tax shift from labour to corporate income and recurrent tax on immovable property, using European Commission QUEST and EUROMOD models.

Taxation of Household Capital in EU Member States - Impact on Economic Efficiency, Revenue and Redistribution (14/08/2020)

The paper discusses the economic and distributional effects of the taxation of capital income, capital gains and inheritances and gifts and provides an overview on laws in Member States.

Report on Public Finances in EMU 2019 (24/07/2020)

This annual report presents a review of key policy developments and analytical findings in the area of public finances.

Gender Smart Financing. Investing In and With Women: Opportunities for Europe (24/07/2020)

This study examines the multiple reasons behind the gender investment gap, with a specific focus on the lack of female investors. It also discusses how InvestEU could stimulate gender-smart financing.

Are We More Accurate? Revisiting the European Commission’s Macroeconomic Forecasts (16/07/2020)

This study assesses the accuracy of the European Commission’s Economic Forecasts.

EU Candidate Countries’ & Potential Candidates’ Economic Quarterly (CCEQ) – 2nd Quarter 2020 (16/07/2020)

An overview of economic developments in candidate and pre-candidate countries.

The Economic Benefits of Improving Efficiency in Public Spending on Education in the European Union (13/07/2020)

In this paper we ask what the gain in GDP per capita could be if the public money available for education were used according to best practice across the EU. We provide a quantitative measure based on a ‘back-of-the-envelope’ calculation combining two different estimates from the literature.

European Business Cycle Indicators – 2nd Quarter 2020 (13/07/2020)

This edition of the EBCI takes a closer look at the drivers of the Economic Sentiment Indicator including the effects of the pandemic across categories of consumers.

Euro-US Dollar Exchange Rate Dynamics at the Effective Lower Bound (10/07/2020)

This paper analyses and presents empirical results on the factors driving Euro-US Dollar exchange rate dynamics at the effective lower bound.

Facing the Digital Transformation: are Digital Skills Enough? (08/07/2020)

This paper examines the skills that are needed to take advantage of the possibilities offered by digital technology and suggests that both cognitive and non-cognitive skills exhibit a strong and robust positive correlation with aggregate labour productivity.

European Economic Forecast. Summer 2020 (07/07/2020)

The EU economy will experience a deep recession this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite the swift and comprehensive policy response at both EU and national levels.