Clemens Fuest - Fiscal Union in Europe - 25 April 2014
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2014-04-28

About the Speech:
 
The economic crisis in Europe revealed deep flaws in the EU's economic governance. Though European leaders took ambitious steps to strengthen these structures through the European Semester, the crisis has led some commentators to believe that the long term viability of the EU may hinge on completing a fiscal union in Europe. Prof. Fuest, a leading European expert on this topic, shared his views on the long term potential of a fiscal union in Europe and the potential implications for Member States.
 
About the Speaker:
 
Prof. Clemens Fuest is President and Director of Science and Research of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. Previously, Prof. Fuest was one of the directors of the Institute for Public Economics in Cologne. From 2008--2013 he was Professor of Business Taxation and Research Director of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation. Prof. Fuest studied economics at the Universities of Bochum and Mannheim. He completed a doctorate at the University of Cologne in 1994 and obtained his habilitation at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2000.
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