Die Finanzierung der Europäischen Union ist seit Beginn der europäischen Integration ein fortwährender Konfliktpunkt zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten. Das heutige Eigenmittelsystem, mit dem die EU den überwiegenden Teil ihrer Einnahmen von den Mitgliedstaaten erhält, ist vor allem als Ergebnis...

The international monitoring of public finances in EMU member states is an essential element of the Stability and Growth Pact. Part of evaluating government budgets involves determining the sustainability of the envisaged consolidation measures. The academic and political debate on this topic...

The question of what makes fiscal decentralization work is faced by many policymakers around the world. This book draws on both the relevant literature and policy and technical advice provided by the IMF to a wide range of member countries, and discusses the key factors that help make...

This volume was prepared by Markus Reischmann while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2015 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in November 2015. It includes five self-contained chapters in the fields of public...

This dissertation is a collection of three essays dealing with selected problems of the Euro Area during its most recent crisis. It applies empirical, theoretical, and institutional analyses to gain new insights into many of its financial aspects. The first essay offers an alternative...

Most EU member states will adopt fiscal rules that refer to cyclically-adjusted borrowing limits. Under the standard cyclical adjustment procedure, trend increases in public debt based on cyclical components are prevented if the real-time output gaps used to calculate cyclical components balance...

Diese IW-Analyse untersucht, welche institutionelle Architektur nötig ist, um den Euroraum dauerhaft zu stabilisieren. In der öffentlichen Debatte wird zunehmend behauptet, die Krise habe gezeigt, dass die Europäische Währungsunion (EWU) ohne mehr fiskalische Integration nicht zukunftsfähig...