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Die gegenwärtige Finanzkrise und die zu ihrer Eindämmung verabschiedeten staatlichen Hilfsprogramme treiben die Staatsschulden in die Höhe. Wann und mit welchen Maßnahmen sollte mit der Haushaltskonsolidierung begonnen werden? Nach Ansicht von Hans Fehr, Universität Würzburg, kann die...
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This paper surveys the empirical research on fiscal institutions of the last three decades. The main results are: (i) Constitutional or statutory fiscal limitations have in most cases proved to be effective in cutting down public expenditure, revenue, and debt. (ii) Budgetary proce-dures matter...
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Durch das Vorziehen der dritten Stufe der Steuerreform auf das Jahr 2004 entstehen Steuerausfälle bei Bund, Ländern und Gemeinden in Höhe von 15,6 Mrd. €. Sollte diese Summe durch eine höhere Neuverschuldung gegenfinanziert werden, muss man nach Ansicht von Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wiegard,...
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Do budget institutions play a role in explaining why government effectiveness is higher in some advanced countries than in others? Employing an original panel dataset that spans four different years (1991, 2003, 2007 and 2012) we find that budget centralization has a negative and significant...
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We assess the drivers of fiscal sustainability in 20 OECD economies between 1950 and 2019. We find stable long-term relationships between government revenues and expenditures as well as between the primary budget balance and past public debt ratio for the full panel. Performing an expanding...
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The unprecedented rise and persistence of large-scale budget deficits in many developed and developing nations during the past three decades has caused great concern. The widespread presence of such deficits has proved difficult to explain. Their emergence in otherwise diverse nations defies...
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