Politica fiscala si output-urile sociale: cazul U.E.

Talpos, Ioan and Dima, Bogdan and Mutascu, Mihai and Enache, Cosmin (2008): Politica fiscala si output-urile sociale: cazul U.E.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to emphasize how the correlations between fiscal policy and economic growth are manifesting in the U.E. case. After theoretical framework, the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 tries to provide a model at micro economic level for the interconnections between fiscal policy and economic growth and Section 3 looks for same empirical evidences for the EU 25 case. Finally, some conclusions are drawn and some limits of the proposed analysis are derived in Section 4.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: TAX POLICY AND SOCIAL OUTPUT: THE U.E. CASE
• Language: English
• Keywords: fiscal policy, economic growth, effects, European Union
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government; H - Public Economics > H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents > H30 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I0 - General > I00 - General

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