DIECOFIS - Development of a system of indicators on competitiveness and fiscal impact on enterprises performance

Commission of the European Communities

This project charts and pioneers problems, issues and methodologies for the development of a system of indicators on competitiveness and fiscal impact on enterprise performance. It deals with issues such as the following:(i) development a high quality comprehensive and robust multi-source, integrated and systematised data base, which can be relied upon for a broad range of micro-founded statistical indicators, with focus on e- and non e sectors; (ii) creation of enterprise data sets for microsimulation purposes, specifically to simulate and monitor the impact of public policy on enterprise performance, that are flexibly modulated according to whether one wishes to simulate national or other EU member or EU-wide policies; and (iii) creation of consistently built national policy models, that can easily be integrated into any country tax algorithms, to see what effects one country’s rules would produce if applied in any country, or to investigate the impact of EU policies across member countries taking into account their specialization and socio-economic structures.