This paper provides a comprehensive framework to study welfare effects of multiple policy
interventions and other external changes under imperfect competition with emphasis on …

We analyze the effectiveness of the German tax reduction on fuel prices ('Tankrabatt') that
was introduced for three months, starting on 1 June 2022. We use the synthetic difference-in …

We exploit the unexpected announcement of an immediate, temporary VAT cut in Germany
in the second half of 2020 as a natural experiment to study the spending response to …

Several European countries have implemented temporary fuel tax reductions in 2022 to
relieve the financial burden on their citizens. This paper is the first to provide estimates of the …

This paper studies the impact of a recent tax rebate by the German government. In an
attempt of reducing the economic burden of soaring energy prices, Germany lowered the tax …

For the European Union, the course of the Community's energy and climate policy as well as
changes in the objectives and priorities of the Common Agricultural Policy, as reflected …

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, temporary VAT cuts have gained
popularity as an unconventional fiscal policy tool. The effectiveness of these stimuli in …

Zusammenfassung Im vorliegenden Beitrag untersuchen Clemens Fuest, Florian Neumeier
und Daniel Stöhlker die Auswirkungen des Tankrabatts auf die Preise für Superbenzin und …

We study the long-term effects of inflation surges on inflation expectations. German
households living in areas with higher local inflation during the hyperinflation of the 1920s …

In an effort to stabilize the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German
government reduced value-added taxes (VAT) by 3 percentage points for a period of six …