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Germany introduced a new fiscal rule, the ‘debt brake’, after the Global Financial Crisis and since then experienced a … the current crisis in Germany illustrate the intended effects of fiscal rules very well. Debt ratios are reduced during … important for Germany and other economies to repeat the reduction in the debt to GDP ratio in order to be prepared for the next …
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Keynesian theory suggests that a reduction in government expenditure has a negative effect on private demand and therefore on output. Contrary, neoclassical theory argues that reduced public expenditure makes room for an expansion of the private sector and thus has a stimulating effect on the...
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This paper investigates the effects of government spending on key macroeconomic variables in Germany. It contributes to … for Germany by pointing to a rather positive effect of government spending on GDP. …
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In 2009, Germany invested 15.4 Billion Euro in infrastructure to avert the looming recession. In this study, we …
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explaining the interaction between private agents and fiscal authorities in the U.S., West Germany, Japan and the U.K. over the … is necessary to formally test the models' theoretical restrictions. In West Germany and Japan there is evidence that the …
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changes in France, Germany and Italy. …
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Regional fiscal equalization in Germany aims to reduce fiscal disparities by allocating financial resources to less … channels of fiscal equalization in East and West Germany. Particularly, I find higher effects in right-wing CDU/CSU preferring …
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We study the fiscal policy reactions of municipalities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to an unanticipated spending shock. The implementation of a horizontal transfer system led to additional contributions for selected municipalities. Using the quasi-random assignment, we examine...
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