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In this work - co-authored with Roel Beetsma (EU Fiscal Board), Frank Vandenbrouke (Belgian Gov), @anniekderuijter and Brian Burgoon (both UvA), we ask a *key* question: which type of Fiscal Capacity do Europeans want?
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In this work - co-authored with Roel Beetsma (EU Fiscal Board), Frank Vandenbrouke (Belgian Gov), @anniekderuijter and Brian Burgoon (both UvA), we ask a *key* question: which type of Fiscal Capacity do Europeans want?
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In particular, we use an experiment to causally infer the effect of alternative policy designs on public preferences.
We use a randomized conjoint experiment in 5 key EU countries - NL, FR, ES, IT, DE - to assess hundreds of alternative EU fiscal capacity designs.
We use a randomized conjoint experiment in 5 key EU countries - NL, FR, ES, IT, DE - to assess hundreds of alternative EU fiscal capacity designs.
Our alternative designs are quite detailed: they vary over several dimensions, including (1) budgetary conditions (2) areas of spending (3) role of the EU Commission (4) degree of cross-national redistribution (5) impact on domestic taxation (6) fines and compliance.
