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Sebastian Gechert

Sebastian Gechert is Professor of Macroeconomics at Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany and a fellow of the Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM).

An analysis of the new European fiscal rules

Sebastian Gechert, Dario Guarascio, Philipp Heimberger and Francesco Zezza

EU member states submit fiscal plans, influencing economic stability and public debt for years to come.

Corporate tax cuts do not boost growth

Philipp Heimberger and Sebastian Gechert

Implicit in the global ‘race to the bottom’ on corporation tax in recent decades has been that this favours growth. Yet does it?