Call for Papers - Special Issue - Fiscal reforms in the European Union

23-01-2026

Call for Papers - Special Issue

Fiscal Reforms in the European Union

Editor-in-Charge: Michael Christl

Vol 16, Issue 1, March 2027

 

Motivation and goal

In the aftermath of overlapping shocks, from the COVID-19 pandemic and energy price volatility to rising inflation and heightened fiscal pressures, EU Member States have implemented a wide range of fiscal reforms aimed at strengthening economic resilience, restoring fiscal sustainability, and improving the equity and efficiency of public finances. These reforms cover direct and indirect taxation, public expenditures, and social protection systems, as well as corporate taxation and pension frameworks.

Despite the strong policy relevance of fiscal reforms, systematic and comparative evidence on their economic, fiscal, and distributional impacts remains limited. This Special Issue seeks to close this gap by bringing together high-quality research that rigorously evaluates the effects of implemented or hypothetical fiscal reforms across EU Member States. We particularly encourage contributions that connect academic research with policy-oriented analysis and adopt rigorous quantitative approaches, including microsimulation models and/or general (or partial) equilibrium models.

Hence, the topics of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to:

  • Impact evaluation of personal income tax and social benefit reforms
  • Indirect tax reforms (VAT, excise duties, energy and environmental taxation) and their distributional and behavioral effects
  • Corporate tax reforms and firm-level responses
  • Reforms in public expenditure and social protection systems (including pensions and in-kind benefits)
  • Fiscal policy responses to macroeconomic shocks and crises

Submissions

You can submit your papers through the platform: http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL. Please remember that the format is letter-type (max. 2,500 words excluding title, abstract, references, figures and tables).

Please include the following sentence in your cover letter: “For Special Issue Vol16-Is1-2027”. 

Deadline

Submission of papers: September 30, 2026

  

Economics and Business Letters

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