Public Sector Functions and Taxation

Illustration zum Themendossier Öffentliche Aufgaben und Besteuerung
Illustration zum Themendossier Öffentliche Aufgaben und Besteuerung

Globalization and the digitalization of the economy are changing the need for state activity: new demands on the labor market, the aging of the population, and a change in social roles are creating a need for reform of social security systems. Local and global environmental problems require the coordinated use of economic policy instruments. European economies will need to make greater efforts in the fields of defense, migration policy, and integration. At the same time, the scope for tax policy interventions is narrowing as capital and labor become increasingly mobile. These changes also have an impact on political processes on opinion-forming and on the structure of electorates. Populism and polarization in opinions and value judgements, but alongside demographic change, can lead to a new composition of political majorities.

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“We examine how tax and fiscal policy can ensure economic efficiency, balanced burden sharing and sound public finances.”

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest, President of the ifo Institute and Director of the Center for Economic Studies

Our Experts

Prof. Dr. Niklas Potrafke
Director of the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy
Main Focus
Political Economy
Applied Econometrics
Public Finance
Prof. Dr. Andreas Peichl
Director of the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys
Main Focus
Public Economics
Taxation and Redistribution
Inequality
Prof. Dr. Karen Pittel
Director of the ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources
Main Focus
Energy
Exhaustible Resources
Growth
Prof. Panu Poutvaara Ph.D.
Director of the ifo Center for International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research
Main Focus
Migration
Public Economics
Political Economics
Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann
Director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education
Main Focus
Economics of Education
Economic Growth
Economic History
Main Focus
Economic and Fiscal Policy
International Taxation
Tax Policy
Prof. Dr. Joachim Ragnitz
Managing Director ifo Dresden
Main Focus
East Germany: Regional Development
Structural Change
Cyclical Developments