default. Due to a multitude of large scale events in its past, Germany is far from being an exception: In fact, Germanyfs … historical perception of Germany as the poster child of European public finance. Given these corresponding breaks in time series …

Germany using an unprecedentedly comprehensive fiscal dataset for the time period from 1950 to 2011 for West German Laender …

Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood …