Staatsverschuldung ist eines der zentralen finanzpolitischen Themen der Gegenwart. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die im Rahmen der «Neuen Wachstumstheorie» vollzogenen modellkonzeptionellen Entwicklungen für die finanztheoretische Analyse dieses Themas fruchtbar zu machen. Dazu wird die...

This paper answers the following two questions: 1) In the data, can we find a dilution effect of population growth also on per-capita human capital investment? If yes, 2) how can we use this fact to explain theoretically the existence of a differential impact of population change on economic...

Barro's model is an AK model, and there cannot be dynamic ineffciency since the social yield of the capital is higher than the growth rate. But it may be that the private yield and thus the interest rate are lower than the growth rate. One can thus have a Ponzi game and the government can allow...

This paper presents a two period overlapping generations model with endogenous growth in the presence of a public sector with objectives of convergence for public debt and primary balance to GDP ratios. In order to ensure the existence of converging paths towards the target values of fiscal...